I love using picture books as inspiration for children’s art projects. Over the past 13 years I have curated a a massive list of project ideas and lesson plans.
Here is my growing list of picture books and coordinating art projects for kids:
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Abe Lincoln’s Dream by Lane Smith
Action Jackson by Greenburg and Jordan
Apple by Nikki McClure
Are You Blue Dog’s Friend? by George Rodrigue
A Splash of Red, The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
Arlo Needs Glasses by Barney Saltzberg
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
Birds by Kevin Henkes
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Chameleons are Cool by Martin Jenkins and Sue Shields
Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg
Chicken Little by Ed and Rebecca Emberly
Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig and Marc Brown
Degas and The Little Dancer by Laurence Anholt
Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli and Geraldo Valerio
Elmer by David McKee
Ernest by Catherine Rayner
Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert
Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
Harvesting Dreams: Hundertwasser for Kids by Barbara Stieff
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
How Loud is a Lion by Stella Blackstone and Clare Beaton
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
Journey on a Cloud, a Children’s Book Inspired by Marc Chagall by Veronique Massenot and Elise Mansot
Klimt and His Cat by Berenice Capatti and Octavia Monaco
Mañana Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul and Ethan Long
Me, Frida by Amy Novesky and David Diaz
Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks
Monsters Love School by Mike Austin
Nugget and Fang by Tammi Sauer
Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
Once Upon a Northern Night by Jean Pendziwol and Isabelle Arsenault
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Pantone Colors by Abrams Appleseed
Pete the Cat: I love My White Shoes by James Dean and Eric Litwin
Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert
Polar Bear, PolarBear What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Raptors, Fossils, Fins and Fangs by Ray Troll and Brad Matsen
Sandy’s Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields and Scott Nash
Ship-Shapes by Stella Blackstone and Siobhan Bell
Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Beuhner
Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle (Activity Lessons)
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle (Painted Elephant lesson)
The Cat and The Bird by Geraldine Elschner and Peggy Nile
The Cat at Night by Dahlov Ipcar
The Day of The Dead/El Dia de los Muertos by Bob Barner
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
The Great Wave: A Children’s Book Inspired by Hokusai by Véronique Massenot and Bruno Pilorget
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
The Shape of my Heart by Mark Sperring and Alys Paterson
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter
Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell and Megan Halsey
When Pigasso Met Mootisse by Nina Laden
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Wow! America by Robert Neubecker (Grand Canyon)
Wow! America by Robert Neubecker (Salmon)
Wow! America by Robert Neubecker (Space Shuttle)
You Be You by Linda Kranz