A Child of Books Teachers' Guide
A Child of Books Teachers' Guide
A Child of Books Teachers' Guide
CANDLEWICK PRESS
HC: 978-0-7636-9077-9
Oliver Jeffers is the author-illustrator of many books for children, including Once Upon
an Alphabet, which received a Boston GlobeHorn Book Honor, and Lost and Found, which
was a Nestl Childrens Book Prize Gold Medal winner. He is also the illustrator of the #1
New York Times bestseller The Day the Crayons Quit and its follow-up, The Day the Crayons
Came Home, both written by Drew Daywalt. Oliver Jeffers lives in Brooklyn.
Sam Winston is a fine artist whose work has been featured in many special collections
worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Getty Research
Institute in Los Angeles, the Tate Britain in London, and the Victoria and Albert Museum
in London. A Child of Books is his first childrens picture book. He works and lives in
London.
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An Artists Book
Explore with your students the concept of an
artists book, a book that expresses meaning
through image, text, and, most importantly, its
form and structure. View examples of artists books
online at places such as the Center for Book Arts,
the Jaffe Center for Book Arts, and the Minnesota
Center for Book Arts. Collaborate with your art
teacher or an artist from your local community to
offer students the chance to create an artists book.
Students might select the topic and theme for their
book, or you could invite them to create one
representing their favorite stories. While older
students can experiment with different media and
structures in their books, a simple pop-up structure
might be most appropriate for younger students.
A Collage of Quotes
Explore the art of typography by inviting students
to create a collage of images using passages from
their favorite books. Visit Sam Winstons website
and offer students additional examples of the work
of typographic artists. Collaborate with your art
teacher or technology specialist to explore high- and
low-tech mediums for creating typographic art.
Students can select passages from a favorite or
influential book to create their own work of
typographical art.
My Reading History
How do books influence our lives? Which books
stay with us, standing out in our memories?
Students in grades two and above can be invited to
reflect on their personal reading histories either in
narrative writing or through visual representation.
Ask students to begin by making a list of the books
they remember reading. Using a two-column chart,
students can record book titles in the left column
and write brief notes about their memories of the
books in the right column. This prewriting activity
can be built into a variety of response options that
elaborate their histories as readers. Students could
write an essay, create a slide presentation, or design
a poster to share their identities as readers and the
books that have influenced them.
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REPRODUCIBLE INSTRUCTIONS
Use the following reproducibles with your class to provide ways of sharing books they enjoy and to help
them make connections with one another.
I Am a Child of Books
Reinforce the idea that every child in your class is a
Child of Books by having each one create a portrait
of the reader they are.
Name __________________________________________________________
Date _____________
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I Am a Child of Books
My favorite books are:
My reading role models are:
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My reasons to read are:
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