Ready-to-go lessons for using picture books to teach the use of literary devices in writing.

An annotated guide to 100 new and classic picture books that model the use of key literary elementsand appeal to grades 48 students."

A complete toolkit for teaching literary elements: 8 high-interest picture books (one for each element), 8 companion teaching guides, 8 posters, and a copy of U

In this text for teachers, the authors explain how to teach what really matters about character, setting, point of view, and theme.

The slightly true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains. Apples, ho! When