Sentences with phrase «illustrate a book about»

I had an illustrated book about insects, and I started raising butterflies.

This lesson for students in grades 6 - 8 has the kids write and illustrate a book about reefs for younger children.

«Dazzling, detailed artwork steals the show in this gorgeously illustrated book about the grand canyon.

In 1947, after rereading her childhood diaries, Gilbert was inspired to write and illustrate a book about a girl...

For the mathematically inclined, this challenging, copiously illustrated book about geometry is a genial, enlightening invitation to study and learn.

A fun fact is that she has illustrated a book about butterflies for the American Museum of Natural History!

French graphic artist Jean Jullien has teamed up with London's Hato Press on a series of illustrated books about life.

Since 2000 he has also worked independently as art director and designer for a range of illustrated books about architecture, landscape, and fine art.

Not exact matches

This illustrates one of the general problems with the book: the author does not seem to be clear about her target audience, so she includes information ranging from the basic to the specialist.

A book review illustrates this very well; for the reviewer not only tells his reader about the book but, by the way he talks about it, he reveals himself as well.

I feel most spiritually connected to God and to nature when I am creating art, so this book was an extremely rewarding book for me to illustrate, as it is all about animals enduring storms on the prairie each month of the year.

In fact, I've written a whole book about it with tons of cartoons to illustrate this animosity.

In his pursuit of 30 wins, McLain zoomed about in Lear jets, played Hammond organs, swigged Pepsi - Colas, schmoozed with Steve Allen, Bob Hope, Ed Sullivan, Joey Bishop, Glen Campbell and the Smothers Brothers, changed his hair color, appeared on the covers of TIME and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, recorded an album, gave organ lessons out of his home to two dozen students at $ 3.50 an hour and got himself booked in advance into the Riviera in Vegas, the Detroit Auto Show, Disneyland and a hundred other places to play electric keyboard with his band come winter.

Some of you may be familiar with his work (he illustrated Graham Hunter's recent book about the club for example), but I was browsing the net when I stumbled upon Dan Leydon's blog and this fabulous comic on Xavi.

This is a shortened, illustrated version of Bill Bryson's famous, hilarious, and insightful book about science.

So when a publisher asked her to illustrate Samson's Tale, a children's book about a boy with leukemia and his golden retriever Samson, Spale knew she could put those memories to good use.

This board book celebrates the Haiku, a traditional Japanese poetry form, with beautifully - illustrated three line poems about nature.

Through illustrating his very own profile of himself, your child's All About Me book will show him just how special he is amongst all the other peers at school.

But this kind of book illustrates some other interesting points about 6 - year - olds:

Hardcover Nov 10, 2016 32 Pages 3 - 7 years ABOUT A IS FOR ACTIVIST This bestselling ABC book is written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their...

;) It's funny you mention a book, because I actually wrote a book about gentle weaning that Joni Rae from Tales of a Kitchen Witch is illustrating for me (beautifully!).

In their award - winning, beautifully illustrated book infant feeding specialist Val Finigan and embroidery artist Lou Gardiner's tackle commonly held beliefs about breastfeeding with wisdom, warmth and wit.

Mama Mama / Papa Papa is a beautifully illustrated board book for babies about why little animal babies love their parents.

Think about it: What's the first thing you see when you look at an illustrated book or profile?

Look for books about bedtime, baths, or mealtime or about saying hello or goodbye, especially if they're illustrated with photos of children.

Winter isn't all boring read this beautifully illustrated book one of 4 in the series of seasons about what there is to do in Winter from sledding to exploring nature at rest and of course baking cookies.

We provide beautifully illustrated age - appropriate books and resources to teach children about their changing body.

Here are six vibrantly illustrated picture books about artists that will make story time feel as invigorating as a trip to the art museum.

The book is broken into sections that are intended to reflect different aspects of the invention process — problem finding, discovery, prophecy, connecting, and empowerment — and uses a series of anecdotes about inventors to illustrate these elements.

Finally, the book that catalogs my life's ambition: great art illustrating scientific answers to vast questions about the way things work.

The bright star, located in one of those constellations called Vela, has been unofficially called Alsephina since at least 1660, when the Dutch - German mapmaker Andreas Cellarius illustrated the star in Harmonia Macrocosmica, a book about the cosmos.

Another notably illustrated book is London Under London by Richard Trench and Ellis Hillman (John Murray, pp 240, # 15.99), chock - full of fascinating detail about the life and times of the labyrinthine city that exists below the pavements of the visible one.

I know of no research to back up any claims about the positive value of textless books or illustrated readers in developing literacy skills.

Goodrow has authored and illustrated several books and a 2010 calendar for children about the joy of running.

His alternative careers guide, Jobs Verse will be published in June 2016, and he is currently working on a series of five illustrated children's books about five happiness animals.

new york city About Blog Anna Raff is an award - winning illustrator living in New York City, who has illustrated several books for children.

Toronto, Canada About Blog Every week or so, Debbie Ridpath Ohi shares new art, writing and resources for those who read, write and illustrate books for young people.

by Roland Laird with Taneshia Nash Laird Illustrated by Elihu «Adofo» Bay Foreword by Charles Johnson Sterling Publishing Paperback, $ 14.95 240 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -1-4027-6226-0 Book Review by Kam Williams «One of the invaluable features of Still I Rise, the first cartoon history of black America, is the wealth of information it provides about the marginalized — and often suppressed — political, economic and cultural contributions black people have made on this continent since the 17th C... Using pictures, it transports us back through time, enabling us to see how dependent American colonists were on the agricultural sophistication of African slaves and indentured servants; how blacks fought and died for freedom during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars; and how, in ways both small and large, black genius shaped the evolution of democracy, the arts and sciences, and the English language in America, despite staggering racial and social obstacles.

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Movie - maker M Night Shyamalan is planning to turn his new movie about a mermaid living in a swimming pool - into an illustrated children's book.

A little circular book to make illustrating all the things a child may love about the world they live in: the flowers their family their friends their home the sun etc..

«Last year, the children each made a collection of books by illustrating and writing about each fairytale I read aloud during story time,» she explained.

Encourage them to create an illustrated page for each «fantastic fact» they find and then combine them into a book about the frozen continent.

In this project, English, social studies, science, and / or art students not only learn a great deal about the topic they write on and illustrate, they also learn about the classic components of good narrative, and why it is unexpectedly challenging to make a publication - worthy picture book.

In the academy office across the hall, Ms. Fralick and Mr. Vassolo confer about the integration of American literature and U.S. history lessons, while Ms. Lueck carries a stack of children's books written and illustrated by her 9th grade English students.

Or, students can make individual books about the story, illustrating a new page each day.

This beautifully illustrated book is about a python who deals with issues of accepting himself.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation, written and illustrated by Mark Teague, is a great book to read to your students at the beginning of the year to inspire them to write about their own summer holidays and to use their imaginations.

Researcher M.J. Adams (2006) developed a data breakdown that illustrates how ten minutes of daily book reading in middle school will increase a student's exposure to print by about 700,000 words each year.

Throughout the book, we illustrate why gathering evidence about what students are doing, rather than what adults are doing, matters!

, about which Kirkus says, his «densely illustrated, painterly scenes give readers a strong sense of the culture and beauty of South Africa,» was also accepted into the Society of Illustrators» 2017 Original Art Show, an honor that is greatly celebrated in the children's book community.