Our Recommended Books for Kids
Introducing children to literacy is just as important as speaking and practising English. I base my philosophy on demonstrating a love of reading with the children based on a blog post by The Art of Education which has some practical tips for supporting literacy in the classroom. Here are some of the books I use. I also have a subscription to Story Box Library and Vooks which are online reading resources where people read the books or the books are animated. This is useful as I am able to give my students home access to some of the books we read together. I use inspiration from Deep Space Sparkle to design activities to go with these books.
ANIMALS
Kim Toft: Turtle's Song
Under the sea - Anne Milbourne & Cathy Shimen
The Rainbow Fish
The Big Book of the Blue - Yuval Zommer
The little rabbit - Nicola Killeen
The Honey Bee - Kirsten Hall
Bee - Britta Teckentrup
ART + ARTISTS
Art of Education - 70 Books about famous artists
Little People Big Dreams: Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo: Little Guide to Great Lives
Leonardo Da Vinci Little Guides to Great Lives
Keith Haring, the boy who kept drawing - Kay Haring
Land Sea Sky Puzzle Book (Australian Indigenous Art)
The Magic Paintbrush - Julia Donaldson
ART + DRAWING
Art Workshops for Children
The Usborne Book of Art Skills -Fiona Watt
Kenya's Art by Linda Trice
(Activities for Reusing and Recycling in Art)
Art for Kids: Drawing : The Only Drawing Book You'll Ever Need to Be the Artist You've Always Wanted to Be
Draw, Paint, Sparkle
How to Draw Almost Everything for Kids
How to Draw Manga
Draw 500 Faces and Features
What to Draw and How to Draw it - E.G Lutz
What to Draw and How to Draw it For Kids - Charlotte Pepper
Creatrilogy Boxed Set
COLOURS
Animosaics: Can You Find It - Surya Sajnani
Press Here - Hervé Tullet
Mix it up
Let’s play
Mouse Paint -
Elmer - David McKee
Elmer & Wilbur - David McKee
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle
Pocket Full of Colours Amy Guglielmo
CREATURES
Harry Potter a History of Magic
The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson
Where the Wild Things Are
Mr Huff Anna Walker
ENVIRONMENT
A River - Marc Martin
A Forest - Marc Martin
Here we are - Oliver Jeffers
Wild World - Angela McAllister
Hello Nature: Draw Colour Make & Grow
Tree : Seasons Come, Seasons Go (Seasons) Patricia Hegarty
FACES + BODY
Draw 500 Faces and Features
FAMILY
Better Together - A Book of Family
Florette - Anna Walker
Go Go and the Silver Shoes
I Just Ate My Friend
SCHOOL LIFE
Starting School
SHAPES + LINE
Patterns of the Universe
Lines That Wiggle Peter Reynolds
The Dot Peter Reynolds
THINGS
Go Go and the Silver Shoes
YOUNG ADULTS
365 Days of Art (Journal)
The Fault in Our Stars