Curated OER
Presidents Picture Book
Young scholars create a picture book of the U.S. presidents. They study general information about the U.S. presidents, write a sentence about each president, and create a picture book about the U.S. presidents.
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Picture Books, Retelling, and Writing
Learners create stories using only pictures. In this visual storytelling lesson, students read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie de Paola and analyze the wordless story. Learners create new text for the book by writing on...
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Digging in the Classroom
First graders "excavate" a story. For this creative earth science lesson, 1st graders become archaeologists and dig through a box of dirt or other material to find pictures from a picture book. It is their job to then put them in order.
International Reading Association
Reading Online: Children's Creating Artists' Books
Do you struggle with reluctant readers? Here are great ideas about integrating reading and visual creativity. This is a effective way to use student interest by creating an artist's book project.
EL Education
El Education: Black Holes: What Are They?
This is a children's book created by two freshman students during at High Tech High. For this project, the students selected, researched, and wrote an essay on a topic related to astronomy. Then using the information in their essay, they...
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El Education: A Is for a Bomb
A is for 4 A-Bomb was written and illustrated by a sophomore student at West Platte High School. The student created this project as part of a world history investigation on the atomic bomb. After researching the impact of the bombs and...
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El Education: Creature of the Tides
This picture book was created by a high school junior from the Kanu o ka 'Aina New Public Charter School on The Big Island of Hawaii, a K - 12 Hawaiian-Immersion school. It was created for younger, elementary-aged students, as part of an...
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El Education: First Come the Eggs
First Come the Eggs, a picture book for young readers, was created by 3rd grade students in Rochester, New York. This is a biography of Seth Green, the father of fish hatcheries in America. The research included the study of the life...
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Kids World Fun: Lets Be Friends Again! By Hans Wilhelm [Pdf]
A little sister makes a big mistake, will her brother ever forgive her?
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Kids World Fun: Kanelis Explores Athens [Pdf]
Our little story takes place in Athens. It starts with the realization of a wish and takes off with the reader for a day trip, flying over the important sights of the city of Athens, with the Parthenon being the highlight. Kanelis is a...
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Kids World Fun: Jordan and the Little Magic Pencil by Anna Kondis [Pdf]
Through this fairy tale "Jordan and the Little Magic Pencil" children will realize that language and spelling are like games. It offers tricks to make learning language skills easy. Parents and teachers should help them understand the...
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Kids World Fun: Johnny Jetpack [Pdf]
Johnny Johnson knew that one day he would fly among the stars-he dreamed of someday flying out past Jupiter and Mars. "I will fly someday-I swear it! I'll be up there someday soon, "Johnny muttered as he stared out through his window at...
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Kids World Fun: Jack and Jill and Old Dame Gill [Pdf]
The nursery rhyme Jack and Jill and then what happened after.
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Kids World Fun: How to Draw Supercow [Pdf]
This book contains 14 steps for drawingSupercow, followed by a page topractice tracing Supercow, and overviewpage of all the steps, and a page foryou to draw your final product (after practising).
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Kids World Fun: Hide and Seek [Pdf]
Patrick goes to the National Hide and Seek Championships. See if you can find him and his friends.
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Kids World Fun: Hero of the Mountain [Pdf]
Bubba is off to the contest for Hero of the Mountain, but on the way, he stops to help others. Will he make it to the mountain in time for the contest?
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Kids World Fun: Gecko on the Wall [Pdf]
A story about geckos including where they go and what they do in a coloring book format.
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Kids World Fun: Fun Early Readers Collection [Pdf]
A collection of four picture books by Danielle Bruckert: Gecko on the Wall. Bugs by Number, Writing on the Wall, and The Adventures of Supercow (Vol. 1).
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Kids World Fun: Finbo [Pdf]
Far away in the deep blue ocean, there lived a little blue whale named Finbo. Even though he was called little, he was not little by any means. The baby Finbo was very much bigger than all of his friends. Read to see happens as a result.
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Kids World Fun: Gecko on the Wall [Pdf]
This is a rhymed childrens ebook about geckos including the places they go and things they do.
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Kids World Fun: Elly and Aargh [Pdf]
Elly is always getting in trouble wagging her huge tail, until Aargh! comes along, and her tail proves to have hidden value. A fun story with some interesting dinosaur facts, and pictures to colour in.
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Kids World Fun: Elias in the Village of Uncle Euro by Anna Kondis [Pdf]
Elias learns a lesson about how to earn an use money wisely.
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Kids World Fun: Cookie Rookie [Pdf]
What happens when you take something without asking first?
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Kids World Fun: Bugs by Numbers by Danielle Bruckert [Pdf]
This rhyming picture book has children counting creatures using numbers 1 to 5.