All Sorts of Approaches to Animal Art

Animals are a recurrent element in my books, and many of my picture books feature a range of creatures within their covers. Sometimes they’re pictured through illustrations, such as in Why Do Kittens Purr? and Sleep, Little One, Sleep. Other times they’re portrayed through photographs, like in The Cutest Critter and Some Babies Are Wild. Why not share both a title with illustrations and a title with photographs and then ask young listeners to compare/contrast the artistic styles? You can then take it a step further by letting them create their own artistic animal creations! The Easy Peasy and Fun blog has lots of great ideas in this “Animal Crafts for Kids” post.