Art Books for Kids | Read Across America

I'm Patty and I love books. I use them before an art lesson to nudge my students imaginations. Here are my favorite and most inspirational books for the classroom.

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Deep Space Sparkle | Patty Palmer

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Elementary Art Projects

"Petunia" Painting Project for Kids | Deep Space Sparkle

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Deep Space

Creative Art Projects

Art and Joy Best Friends Forever By Danielle Krysa | Books to Read

Danielle Krysa’s latest book, Art and Joy Best Friends Forever is an absolute must for your art room book shelf. Have a listen to how I think this book can help our students and children create more of the kind of art that makes them happy and develops their artistic intuition. 💜 To watch the full video, click the link in our profile or visit www.deepspacesparkle.com - follow Deep Space Sparkle on Pinterest for more art project ideas and art room resources.

Art and Joy Best Friends Forever by Danielle Krysa | Art Books for Kids

Danielle Krysa’s latest book, Art and Joy Best Friends Forever is an absolute must for your art room book shelf.

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looking for some new art books for the art room? check out this book list

Elementary Art Classroom

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Art Books for the Art Room | Free Art Resources for Teachers

I created a list of my favorite art books and a video walking you through my favorite art book finds. Any one of these books can be transformed into an art lesson with just a few basic art supplies. 📚 And I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to dive in and create a few! Visit www.deepspacesparkle.com for all the details (search: art books). 📚 Get the list and learn more at www.deepspacesparkle.com (search: Great Art Picture Books for the Art Room).

Importance Of Literacy

Read Across America Week

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Read Across America

30 Books for the Classroom | Read Across America

To help get you inspired to celebrate Read Across America Week, we’ve compiled a list of our 30 must-have children’s picture books for the art room and wanted to share them with you. Download our list today!

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Kindergarten Art Lessons

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Monsters Love School Art Project for Kids

Monsters are always a popular subject for my youngest art students. Enter Monsters Love School by Mike Austin. I chose the Monsters Love School art project because the little monsters on the cover were just so cute.

art projects for kids that include snowmen and people

The Snowy Day Art Project for Kids

This landscape collage art project is inspired by The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. He is known as one of the first authors/illustrators to feature diverse main characters in the children's book genre.

children's books for celebrating the read across america week in your art room with free printables

Books for Celebrating Read Across America Week

By bridging art with literature, you can help students become more engaged AND help foster their love of reading beyond a day, a week, or however long your Read Across America celebration lasts.

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Famous Artists For Kids

Giraffes Can’t Dance Art Lesson for Kids

Based on the book, Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae, this free art lesson was done in two, 40-minute sessions.

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Horace Pippin Imagination Drawings

This free Imagination Drawing lesson is based on A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin — a beautifully illustrated and written book about American painter, Horace Pippin. Click on the link for detailed instructions.

5 Great Art Books for Your Art Room

I love combing through bookshelves looking for new picture book releases that would make great transitions into an art lesson. Here are 5 great titles that I have used in art lessons or plan to this year.

Read Across America Book Recommendations

We want every student to not only find themselves in the books that we read to them but also in the art that they create in our classrooms, which is why we think they are great choices for celebrating Read Across America. Art & literature inspiration found here: www.deepspacesparkle.com

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Native American Heritage Month Art

National Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month For Kids

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Harvest Theme

Books and Projects Honoring Indigenous Authors

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell & illustrated by Franne Lessac paired with a DSS project. Illuminate the author’s voice and help foster empathy and awareness.

“Petunia” Painting Project for Kids

Using a painting project technique that I call smoothing, my students sketched a goose with a pencil then painted it with happy colors, just like the book. Click on the link for this free lesson.

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Native American Heritage Month

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Native American Heritage

National Native American Heritage Month | Book Recommendations

November kicks off National Native American Heritage Month, also referred to as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, which is a time to celebrate the rich traditions, cultures and ongoing contributions of Native Americans. Helping children learn about cultures, experiences and emotions communicated through art is something that we, as art teachers get to do. Visit www.deepspacesparkle.com to learn about how to celebrate and honor Indigenous artists. We've included book and project recommendations and a FREE book discussion guide to download (search: Native American Heritage).