Long before we had cameras scientists still needed visual documentation—enter the science illustrator!

Long before we had cameras scientists still needed visual documentation—enter the science illustrator! Chapters VITRUVIAN MAN Credit: Leonardo da Vinci 0:34 ANDREAS VESALIUS 1:25 DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA 1:59 MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN 2:39...

Celebrated book illustrator Quentin Blake takes us through the story, ideas and illustration techniques behind two of his own books, Clown and The Green Ship. Clown is told entirely through pictures. Quentin shows us some of his original...

Miss Palomine explains what an illustrator is. She shows your student where he can find the name of the illustrator on a book. Miss Palomine draws an illustration using the poem “What Are Little Boys Made Of?” She then encourages your...

Theodor Seuss Geisel is born in Springfield, Massachusetts. At twenty-one, he publishes his first cartoon under the pen name “Dr Seuss”; his mother’s maiden name, pronounced ‘Zoice!’. Theodor marries and begins working as an illustrator...

The Golden Age of Illustration flourished at the turn of the 20th Century, when artistic flair collided with new technology.

This video discusses the importance of literature for children and explores different types of books available to them, such as picture books and lullaby books. It emphasizes the power of reading to transport us to different worlds and...

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David Macaulay relives the winding and sometimes surreal journey toward the completion of Rome Antics, his illustrated homage to the historic city.

Pupil outcome: I can make predictions about a book using the front cover and illustrations. Key learning points: - A front cover often shows the title, an illustration, the author's name and the illustrator's name - The title and...

Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads – Illustrator

Gopal Krishnamurthy reflects on his journey in teacher education and the concept of transformative education—not just seeking new answers, but learning to ask new and deeper questions. He is turning his PhD dissertation into a book...

The video “Illustrating Word Problems” shows how to use illustrations to solve addition and subtraction word problems.

In today's episode we take a look at the Augsburg book of miracles, a manuscript from an unknown author containing miraculous signs through out the ages, a collection of renaissance art and religious stories that many thought would...

Howcast - Learn to write a children's picture book with these hints to enthrall and delight your own.

Family is always the reason for the season. What better way to celebrate the holidays than to have a party with your loved ones. The smell of hot chocolate, gingerbread and winter fills the air. With holiday music, a blissfully decorated...

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Who doesn’t want to interact with their own favorite picture book? A new software platform from Mental Canvas, a company...

Children's book author Jarrett Krosoczka shares the origins of the Lunch Lady graphic novel series, in which undercover school heroes serve lunch...and justice! His new project, School Lunch Hero Day, reveals how cafeteria lunch staff...

In this live drawing performance and poignant autobiographical journey, author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka sketches some life-shaping moments, showing us how drawing and storytelling can help us honor and remain close to those...

A rabbit attempts to play a church organ, while a knight fights a giant snail and a naked man blows a trumpet with his rear end. These bizarre images, painted with squirrel-hair brushes on vellum or parchment by monks, nuns and urban...

WE MADE A BOOK! It’s packed with the clever explanations, adorable illustrations, and quirky humor you love from MinuteEarth – all in hard-cover form! Explore science and fun facts about animals, plants, microbes and more from all over...

Author and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She is as wonderful, as wise and as deliciously off-kilter in person as she is on paper.

Dr. Seuss is well known for his popular children’s books full of fanciful rhymes and whimsical illustrations. His earlier cartoons, however, include many racist and anti-Semitic images, which the artist later regretted. Listen to this...

Looking at illustrations before reading the words in picture books helps children see that there are many different ways of telling stories.



In this activity, children aged 8-11 will look at the pictures in a book, then retell...