Worth a Thousand Words: An Annotated Guide to Picture Books for Older Readers

By Bette D. Ammon

Book Overview

This guide provides a single-source, comprehensive listing of a fascinating and helpful group of books-picture books for older readers. A multitude of ideas about how to use them in the classroom supplements this list of carefully selected quality fiction and nonfiction books that focuses on universal themes, appeals to all ages, addresses important issues, and is accessible to multiple learning styles.

Picture books aren't just for the very young. Innovative educators and parents have used them for years with readers of all ages and reading levels, knowing that students comprehend more from the visual-verbal connections these books offer. They are great tools for teaching visual literacy and writing skills; are effective with reluctant readers, ESL students, and those reading below grade level; and can easily be used to support various curriculum. This guide provides a single-source, comprehensive listing of a fascinating and helpful group of books and a multitude of ideas about how to use them in the classroom. The authors have carefully selected quality fiction and nonfiction that focus on universal themes, appeal to all ages, treat important issues, and are accessible to multiple learning styles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563083906
• ISBN13: 9781563083907
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 9 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 12

Customer Reviews

Awesome find for teachers of middle, secondary school

A friend recommended this book during a workshop and I rushed to look at it at the library. Unable to check it out (and better off because the library probably would NOT have gotten it back!) I bought a copy. It is indexed to give you ideas for incorporating the picture books into everyday lessons, units, themes. It can be used in ALL subjects! even math! There are even ideas for lessons/activities to incorporate the picture books as well as recommendations for tie-ins with novels, music, and other pic books! The pictographic index allows you to find the best books for teacher read-alouds, student performance, art and music units, etc. The authors are superb and though the writing is less, the content is more. These are picture books specifically for young adults and adults. They are NOT children's books. Many of them deal with sensitive and mature themes like war, family issues, social problems, etc. The pictures in many of these books are more artistic than they are "cartoony". A necessary book in every secondary student's classroom or home library!