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Adobe Illustrator

For Students 9th - 10th
Adobe provides a detailed overview of their drawing application, Illustrator. Includes product information, examples of completed work created with Illustrator, customer stories, training tutorials, purchase information, and the like.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Illustrative Transition Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow focuses on the use of illustrative transition words. It defines them, explains why to use them, provides a list of them, and offers examples.
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Booktrusted: Illustrators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The biographies and pictures from a dozen children's book illustrators. Includes a teacher resource section that will lead you to important information for the classroom including activity ideas.
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Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators homepage. A great starting point for new writers interested in exploring this genre.
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University of Michigan

Making of America: Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, searchable text of "Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes," which was illustrated by George Randolph Barse and others.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Illustration Planner [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th
Students will read a piece of nonfiction and then use their own copy of this reproducible sheet to plan a text-based illustration.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries: Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive site focuses on the power of illustration in books. It discusses illustrations that inspire, inform, influence, and show a process; it provides examples and book references that use each.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Wild About Authors and Illustrators

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] For this lesson, students learn about the roles of authors and illustrators through games and book-writing. Students will have an opportunity to act out the roles of illustrators and authors. They will...
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Illustrated "Old Christmas" by Washington Irving

For Students 9th - 10th
Open Library offers this beautiful, Caldecott-illustrated volume of Washington Irving's "Old Christmas," with the added bonus of being able to hear the work read aloud as you page through the volume.
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Rowena Dugdale: Collage & Photomontage Illustration

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a personal site of illustrator Rowena Dugdale. It includes her portfolios of work in collage and photomontage. She explains her creative process as well some personal information about her. Her new work consists of images created...
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AulaClic

Aula Clic: Curso De Illustrator Cc

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a set of tutorials on creating graphics with Adobe Illustrator CC.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Illustrative Transition Words: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over illustration transition words and how they are used. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Illustrative Transition Words." [2:20]
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Looking Glass Review: Author/illustrator Profiles: Vera B. Williams

For Students 2nd - 5th
A brief biography of the award-winning author and illustrator, Vera B. Williams.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Illustrated Bill of Rights

For Students 3rd - 8th
For elementary students, an easy to understand illustrated explanation of the Bill of Rights is offered.
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Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Collaborative Illustrated Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learners collaboratively create an illustrated story as a team by using Google Presentation.
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Theispot: Illustration Showcase

For Students 9th - 10th
The i spot, the internet illustration source, showcases a wide range of materials and information on illustration. The topics covered include stock, portfolios, art talk, gallery, and what's new.
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AulaClic

Aula Clic: Curso De Illustrator Cs3

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides tutorials and video tutorials on creating graphic with Adobe Illustrator CS3. Many practice exercises and quizzes are also provided.
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Harold D. Underdown

Sample Illustrator Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of typical and sample guidelines a publisher may provide for potential submissions. Made specifically for illustrators.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Illustrated Book of Songs for Children by John Filmer

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Illustrated Book of Songs for Children by John Filmer [1870], a collection of illustrated songs.
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Harold D. Underdown

Getting Out of the Art File: Tips for Book Illustrators

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for illustrators to format their work in order to get the attention of a publisher. Intended for children's literature, but may also apply to other genres.
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Axelson Academy

Axelson Academy: The Roles of the Author and the Illustrator in Literature

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This video resource explains the roles that authors and illustrators have in literature.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Young People's Illustrated Bible History by Alvan Bond

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Young People's Illustrated Bible History by Alvan Bond [1870]. This is an illustrated children's book containing stories from the New and Old Testament and...
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N.y. Public Library: Scientific and Medical Illustration

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough account of the use of illustration in medical and scientific texts. Gives a complete history of book illustration and print media. Includes great printmaking vocabulary.
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Plan 59: The Museum of Mid Century Illustration

For Students 9th - 10th
An online museum of mid-twentieth-century illustration. See vintage images from the following categories: cars, wagons, trucks, food, old ads, and decor.

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