Educators
I started writing for children as a 2nd grade student teacher that couldn’t find the kind of nonfiction history books I wanted for my students. Books and school visits are the way I teach. I hope my picture books bring joy and learning to your students. Here are some ideas and educational materials to help you use my books in the classroom. Information about school visits is here.
- Sea Without a Shore
- The Great Lakes
- The Mystery of the Monarchs (World Wildlife Fund website)
- Mornings with Monet
- Leave It to Abigail!
- Fight of the Century
- Prairie Boy
- Yogi
- Through the Window
- Otis & Will Discover the Deep
- Blue Grass Boy
- The Secret Kingdom
- Vincent Can’t Sleep
- Dorothea’s Eyes
- Ben Franklin’s Big Splash
- The Streak
- The Noisy Paint Box
- Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
- The Camping Trip That Changed America
- The Littlest Mountain
- Fearless
- The Great Lakes
- The Mystery of the Monarchs
- Mornings with Monet
- Leave It to Abigail
- Fight of the Century
- Prairie Boy
- Yogi
- Through the Window
- Otis & Will Discover the Deep
- Blue Grass Boy
- The Secret Kingdom
- Vincent Can’t Sleep
- Dorothea’s Eyes
- Ben Franklin’s Big Splash
- The Streak
- The Noisy Paint Box
- Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
- The Camping Trip That Changed America
- The Littlest Mountain
- Fearless
- Sea Without a Shore
- The Great Lakes
- The Mystery of the Monarchs
- Mornings with Monet
- The Secret Kingdom
- Leave It to Abigail!
- Fight of the Century
- The Noisy Paint Box
- Otis & Will Discover the Deep
- Blue Grass Boy
- Yogi
- Prairie Boy
- Ben Franklin’s Big Splash
- The Camping Trip that Changed America
- Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
- Vincent Can’t Sleep
- Dorothea’s Eyes
- The Streak
- Through the Window (Marc Chagall)
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- The Mystery of the Monarchs
- Leave It to Abigail!
- Fight of the Century
- Prairie Boy
- Yogi
- Through the Window
- Otis & Will Discover the Deep
- Blue Grass Boy
- Vincent Can’t Sleep
- Dorothea’s Eyes
- Ben Franklin’s Big Splash
- The Streak
- The Noisy Paint Box
- Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
- The Camping Trip That Changed America
- The Littlest Mountain
- Fearless
Eve and Beth from “Book Publishing from Beginning to End” interview Barb Rosenstock. The episode focuses on Yogi: The Life, Loves, and Language of Baseball Legend Yogi Berra.
Barb Rosenstock on Book Smitten:
Jump into the nitty gritty of writing non-fiction picture books with Caldecott Honor-winning author Barb Rosenstock. The crew talks with Barb about surface research versus deep research, sharing bad drafts with students, and finding the “so what”s of our stories.
THIS ONE’S DEDICATED TO… with Jennifer Ziegler and Chris Barton: In this episode of “This One’s Dedicated to…,” Jennifer Ziegler and and Chris Barton share a quick conversation with Barb Rosenstock about the dedication she wrote for her picture book, The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure. https://youtu.be/b1INc4hnGlQ
Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep:
50 Award-Winning Children’s Book Authors Share the Secret of Engaging Writing
Some of today’s most celebrated nonfiction writers for children, including Barb Rosenstock, share how their writing processes reflect their passions, personalities, beliefs, and experiences in the world. Editor Melissa Stewart offers a wide range of tips, tools, teaching strategies, and activity ideas to help students learn to craft rich, unique prose.
More details about this anthology here.
Teaching with Biography
- Biographies in Focus: A Framework for Supporting Biographical Writing in the Classroom
- The Biography Clearinghouse
- Reading outside your comfort zone
- Critiquers not critics. Insights on writing groups
- Four part series editors at the top
- Engagement in one sentence
- Go team interview with Knopf editor Michelle Frey
- In the reading mood