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Brooke's Page-- Picture Books

PROPOSAL: During my time here at CMU we have spent a lot of time focusing on books for students, however these books were chapter books. Chapter books are quite useful in the classroom, on the other hand in elementary the reading levels are a wide range. If I am teaching a younger grade they will more than likely be focusing on picture books. I would like to become more familiar with picture books and explore what makes a good picture book. Picture books are a great way to teach a lot of reading and writing skills and I have already found a lot of books that feature many different lessons I could use in the classroom. As teachers we must develop our classroom libraries and using the information I would gain in this project I would be able to determine what makes a good picture book and formulate a great classroom library! I have been researching different picture books and some of the ranges of books are featured in my bibliography below. I searched for books that were popular for story and pictures, different cultures, historical times, and books helpful in teaching things in the classroom. These are just a few of the titles I will be examining and using for my project.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Bemelmans, Ludwig. //Madeline//. New York: Viking, 1967. Print. Brown, Margaret Wise, and Clement Hurd. //Goodnight Moon//. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. Print. DePaola, Tomie. //Strega Nona: an Old Tale//. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975. Print. Dorros, Arthur, and Elisa Kleven. //Abuela//. New York: Puffin, 1997. Print. Freeman, Don. //Corduroy//. New York: Viking, 2008. Print. Johnson, Crockett. //Harold and the Purple Crayon//. [New York]: HarperCollins, 1983. Print. Lester, Julius, and Jerry Pinkney. //John Henry//. New York: Dial, 1994. Print. Martin, Bill, John Archambault, and Lois Ehlert. //Chicka Chicka Boom Boom//. New York: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 1989. Print. Ringgold, Faith. //Tar Beach//. New York: Crown, 1991. Print. Seuss. //One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish//. New York: Beginner, 2010. Print. Seuss. //The Lorax,//. New York: Random House, 1971. Print. Smith, Lane. //John, Paul, George & Ben//. New York: Weston Woods, 2007. Print. Van, Allsburg Chris. //The Polar Express//. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Print.