Picture Book Month 2014, Then, And Now, 2017

It's day two of Picture Book Month.  Each year in November this international action highlights the print picture book.  For each date of the month an author, illustrator or author/illustrator will post an essay on the importance of picture books.

A page is devoted to ideas on how to participate and celebrate Picture Book Month.  There is a Picture Book Month Teacher's Guide along with certificates of participation.  On the promo kit page is a short video to view or give you ideas about creating one with your children or students.

Each year a theme is assigned to each day with Picture Book Month founder, Dianne de las Casas, sending out tweets asking for titles.  As I did last year I am setting up an online format, Padlet, listing two or three books around the daily themes.  Most of the titles will be fairly new with reviews attached to the title or at least a summary.  I have included a copy of the calendar below so you can see the themes.  I will start with the first six days adding two or three at a time.  Have fun and celebrate Picture Book Month.  I've also included a Popplet of books suggestions for 2013 on this Padlet. (Here is a link to take you directly to the created Padlet.)

Created with Padlet

It's been great fun to work on creating a collection of picture books around the themes selected for 2017.  I might be adding to the list as I discover more books before November 30, 2017.  It is my sincere hope you will find all three lists of benefit to you and your children.  The direct link to the Padlet is here.

Picture Book Month 2013

Four full days of Picture Book Month, an international literacy initiative, have come and gone.  Each day on their website an author, illustrator or author/illustrator will be featured; explaining their views on the importance of picture books.  Another page showcases links to activities from notable authors and illustrators along with certificate and bookmark templates in PDF for printing.  A fifteen page teacher's guide, Why Picture Books Belong In Our Classrooms, is also linked on this page.

For each date during the month of November a theme has been selected.  Picture Book Month founder, Dianne de Las Casas, sends out tweets on Twitter inviting folks to tweet their favorite books under each daily category.  To that end I decided to create a Popplet revolving around those themes.

I will list three books for each theme with links to any educational materials I find; the books, of course, can be read for pure enjoyment.  To start I will list ten days.  Adding one or two days at a time until the end of the month.  I've included the calendar so you know the theme for each day.

Reprinted with permission

Here is a link to the Popplet if it is not appearing on your screen.