Art Through Children's Literature: Creative Art Lessons for Caldecott Books

The award-winning illustrations of 57 Caldecott Books (1938-1994) have inspired a multitude of lessons that guide students in creating art with similar qualities. Focusing on such principles and elements as line, color, texture, shape, value, and space, these classroom-tested projects have step-by-step instructions, materials lists, and detailed illustrations for teachers who have little or no art training. Various art media are explored, including pencil, crayon, marker, colored pencil, chalk, stencils, collage, watercolor, tempera, color mixing, and printmaking. These projects use limited materials so they're great for the classroom as well as the art room.Debi Englebaugh is the author of 'Art Through Children's Literature: Creative Art Lessons for Caldecott Books', published 1994 under ISBN 9781563081545 and ISBN 1563081547.