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.

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.

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.

This is the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators homepage. A great starting point for new writers interested in exploring this genre.

A complete, searchable text of "Illustrated Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes," which was illustrated by George Randolph Barse and others.

Students will read a piece of nonfiction and then use their own copy of this reproducible sheet to plan a text-based illustration.

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.

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.

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...

This site provides a set of tutorials on creating graphics with Adobe Illustrator CC.

For elementary students, an easy to understand illustrated explanation of the Bill of Rights is offered.

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.

This site provides tutorials and video tutorials on creating graphic with Adobe Illustrator CS3. Many practice exercises and quizzes are also provided.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

A scanned copy of the 1856 publication of A Winter's Wreath of Illustrative Tales by Lady Charlotte Law, a book of stories for children.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Illustrated Girl's Own Treasury by H. Tuck (1861), a handbook for girls including notable women of the Bible, needlework, materials, exercises, birds, and much...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Songs for Stories Illustrative of the Instinct of Animals by Thomas Bingley (1861), a collection of stories about the characters and habits of animals.

A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of The Illustrated Natural History for Young People by J. G. Wood, a children's book of pictures and information about animals.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Illustrated Songs and Hymns for Little Ones by George Watson (1865), a collection of children's songs, hymns, and poems.

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Child's Illustrated Gift Book by James P. Walker (1866), a children's picture book of rhymes, poems, and songs.