Butterfly in the sky, I can fly twice as high....Who else loves Reading Rainbow? Although we don't really watch tv, my kids love the Reading Rainbow episodes our local library has on DVD. Last year our 6 year old won 1st place in the local portion of the Reading Rainbow," Young Authors and Illustrators Contest". This year both our 6 and 5 year old are entering, so our house has been a mess of paints, glue, colored papers and more for the past few days! It's a bit chaotic, but it is so cool to see their books coming along! They are really excited to make their submissions and have learned a lot about the writing and illustrating process along the way.
Here are a few books that the children have used as inspiration and for researching various illustrating techniques:
I just love picture books, don't you? Someday I would absolutely love to hit the road and take the kids to the Eric Carl Museum of Picture Book Art. It looks so awesome! For now we'll just have take a virtual tour. Check out their website for some great resources!
If your kids like to write and illustrate you should check out www.tikatok.com It is a site for kids to do just that. You can even order copies of their books. It is super cool. Mamas can have fun with it too. I did one for my girls. I have a link to it on my blog page if you want to check it out.
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