"Storybook Art" is the long awaited literacy connection to art with 100 easy art activities inspired by 100 great picture book illustrators and their award-winning books -- both favorite classics and classics to be. Each activity has a personal quote by the illustrator, a child-sketched portrait, clear line art, and easy to follow materials and open-ended steps that value individual expression. The book is loaded with children's original art, a special resource chapter with awards and website links, birthday list of illustrators, and a unique chart of contents. No expertise is needed. Everyday materials like crayons, glue, scissors, and paint will allow young illustrators to blossom while learning to love readin with a new awareness or art, illustration and technique.

MaryAnn F. Kohl is the award-winning author of "Discovering Great Artists," "Mudworks," "First Art," and "Preschool Art," and 15+ titles about art for children. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.

Jean Potter is the author of "Science in Seconds for Kids" and "Over 100 Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less," both by Wiley. Jean is the former Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education for the United States. She lives in Charleston, West Virginia.

Kohl and Potter have written several books together, including "ScienceArts", "Snacktivities", "Cooking Art", and "Global Art".

Both Kohl and Potter are select experts writing articles for Barnes and Noble at the BN.com "Parents' Expert Circle" online.


TITLES BY MARYANN F KOHL-
. Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Kids in the Styles of the Great Masters
. Great American Artists for Kids: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great American Masters
. Storybook Art: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Great Picture Book Illustrators (with Potter)
. Scribble Art: Independent Creative Art Experiences for Children
. Mudworks: Creative Clay, Dough & Modeling Experiences
. Mudworks Bilingual: same as Mudworks, in both Spanish & English ebook only
. ScienceArts: Discovering Science Through Art Experiences (with Potter)
. Good Earth Art: Environmental Art for Kids
. Preschool Art: It's the Process, Not the Product
. First Art: Art for Toddlers and Two's
. MathArts: Discovering Math Through Art Experiences
. Cooking Art: Edible Art for Kids (with Potter)
. Global Art: Activities, Projects, & Inventions from Around the Word (with Potter)
. Making Make-Believe: Props, Costumes & Creative Play Ideas
* Art with Anything: 52 Weeks of Fun with Everyday Stuff

TITLES BY JEAN POTTER -
. Science in Seconds for Kids: Over 100 Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less
. Nature in a Nutshell for Kids: Over 100 Activities You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less
. Science in Seconds with Toys: Over 100 Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less
. Science in Seconds at the Beach: Exciting Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less
. ScienceArts: Discovering Science Through Art Experiences (with Kohl)
. Global Art: Activities, Projects, & Inventions from Around the World (with Kohl)
. Cooking Art: Easy Edible Art for Kids (with Kohl)
. Storybook Art: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Great Picture Book Illustrators (with Kohl)

Chart of Contents

4 Credits
5 Thanks
6-7 Introduction
8 Guidelines & Icons
9-11 Chart of Contents
12 Illustrator Birthdays

13 CHAPTER 1: PAINT

14 Molly Bang
When Sophie Gets Angry
Color Outline

15 Robert Bender
The A to Z Beastly Jamboree
Acetate Layers

16 Eric Carle/Bill Martin, Jr.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Multi Paint Picture

17 Donald Crews
Carousel
Motion Effect

18 Ian Falconer
Olivia
Jackson Piglet Wall Painting

19 Don Freeman
Corduroy
Corduroy Bear Print

20 Wanda Gág
Millions of Cats
Cat & Mouse Prints

21 Stephen Gammell
Is that You,Winter?
Winter Mist

22 Barbara Garrison/Marc Harshman
Only One
Collagraph

23 Pat Hutchins
The Doorbell Rang
Decorating Cookies

24 Thea Kliros Shannon/Brenda Yee
Sand Castle
Pencil Watercolor

25 Anita Lobel
Alison's Zinnia
Alpha Baggie Book

26 Bernard Lodge
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Glove
Mitten Peek

27 Robert McCloskey
Blueberries for Sal
Blue Fingerdots

28 David McKee
Elmer
Patchwork Parade

29 Pierr Morgan/Carole Lexa Schaefer
The Squiggle
Brown Bag Painting

30 Diana Pomeroy
One Potato Shaded
Potato Print

31 Rémi Saillard/Fanny Joly
Mr. Fine, Porcupine
Wipe Away Fingerpaints

32 John Schoenherr/Jane Yolen
Owl Moon
Stencil Trees

33 Charles G. Shaw
It looked Like Spilt Milk
Shaving Cream Puffs

34 Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
Lights & Snow Paint

35 Neil Waldman/Sarah Waldman, retold by
Light
Window Letters

36 Ellen Stoll Walsh
Mouse Paint
Mixing Mouse Tracks

37 Lynd Ward
The Biggest Bear
Mono Color Painting

38 Taro Yashima
Seashore
Story Etch and Paint Plaster

39 CHAPTER 2: DRAW

40 Jim Arnosky/Dale Fife
The Empty Lot
Border Extension

41 Muriel Batherman\Jan Garten
The Alphabet Tale
See Through Scribbles

42 Patrick Benson/Martin Waddell
Owl Babies
Cross-Hatch & Stipple

43 Marvin Bileck/Julian Scheer
Rain Makes Applesauce
Fancy Words

44 Jan Brett
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Behind the Scene

45 Virginia Lee Burton
The Little House
Four Square Seasons

46 Donald Crews
Ten Black Dots
Spot Dots

47 Bruce Degen/Joanna Cole
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System
Talking Bubbles

48 Ed Emberley\Barbara Emberley
Drummer Hoff
Bold Marking

49 Marie Hall Ets
Gilberto and the Wind
Accented Pencil

50 Paul Goble
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Mirror Reflection

51 Crockett Johnson
Harold and the Purple Crayon
All in a Row, One Line Design

52 Beth Krommes/Phyllis Root
Grandmother Winter
Homemade Scratch and Etch

53 Leo Lionni
Fish is Fish
Crayon Rubbing Scene

54 Josephine Martin/Caroline Repchuk
The Snow Tree
Embossed Drawing

55 Clare Turlay Newberry
Marshmallow
Charcoal Sketch

56 Nancy Winslow Parker/John Langstaff
Oh, A Hunting We Will Go
Illustrated Music

57 Daniel Manus Pinkwater
The Big Orange Splot
Fantasy Architecture

58 Patricia Polacco
The Keeping Quilt
Key Element Color

59 Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are
Shaded Watercolor Paint

60 Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Pen & Ink Humor

61 Marc Simont/Janice M. Udry
A Tree is Nice
Tree Rubbing

62 Louis Slobodkin/James Thurber
Many Moons
Lightly Sketch

63 William Steig
Sylvester & the Magic Pebble
Classic Illustrating

64 Kurt Wiese/Marjorie Flack
The Story About Ping
Pattern Repeat

65 CHAPTER 3: CUT-COLLAGE

66 Barbara Cooney
Miss Rumphius
Realistic Lupine

67 David Diaz/Eve Bunting
Smoky Night
Mixed Collage Story

68 Dorothy Donohue
Veggie Soup
Thick Paper

69 Lois Ehlert
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
Count On Cut-Outs

70 Lois Ehlert/Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Letter Collé

71 Steve Jenkins
Looking Down
View of My Planet

72 Marthe Jocelyn
Hannah's Collections
Collection Collage

3 Stephen T. Johnson
Alphabet City
Photo Finish

74 Ann Jonas
The Quilt Memory
Scrap Quilt

75 Ezra Jack Keats
The Snowy Day
Watercolor S…