All throughout September and October, the Bryant Library will be presenting lectures by Roseanne Baxter Frank on the elements of picture book writing. The meeting dates are Tuesdays, Sept. 12, 19, 26 ...

Books that convey nonfiction topics through poems and images help students learn to process information, a skill they can ...

Picture books can do more than captivate and entertain—“they can change a child’s life,” says Shirin Yim Bridges. But getting published in this competitive genre is more than just child’s play. In ...

Read aloud picture books and look for simile examples and metaphor examples to learn how writers use figurative language to ...

Using picture books as writing models -- Recognizing memorable language and other introductory lessons -- Planning and writing memoir -- Exploring mood, voice, and point of view -- Planning and ...

San Francisco resident Lisa Brown is an illustrator, author, and cartoonist who teaches picture book writing and illustration at the California College of the Arts. Her work spans numerous genres, ...