Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire

Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire | Written by Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville & Illustrated by Brigette Barrager | Published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2017

Follow Mary Blair's life filled with colors—lemon yellow, azure, celadon, tangerine, steel gray, and more! Students will learn how initially Mary's artwork was rejected by her supervisors at Disney. She quit after a year. Later, Walt Disney himself saw potential in her colorful style and rehired her as an art director. But her art career wasn't just with Disney. She was a picture book illustrator, commercial artist, and set designer.

An inspiring story matched perfectly with lively illustrations!

Tuesday

Tuesday | Story & Illustrations by David Wiesner | Published by Clarion Books 1991

A wordless picture book about fantastical events—frogs flying on lilypads and pigs floating—that occur every Tuesday evening, around 8 o'clock. What kinds of creative stories will kids write to go along with the illustrations?

Boxitects

Boxitects | Written and Illustrated by Kim Smith | Published by Clarion Books (An Imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt now HarperCollins Publishers) 2020

A thoroughly enjoyable book that inspires kids to build using cardboard!

Draw!

Draw! | Written & Illustrated by Raúl Colón | Published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books 2014

A wordless picture book inspired by the illustrator's childhood. Not only is it a great resource for the art room, but it can help kids practice making inferences through the artwork.