Expose your children to beautiful book illustrations. When you choose a book for read aloud or for their personal reading time choose books that have beautiful illustrations. This will engage and encourage children to add artwork to their stories.
ACTIVITY WITH READ ALOUDS: After every read aloud let your children draw their favorite moment from the book. This is a wonderful activity for each age group because they draw THEIR favorite part at their drawing level.
ACTIVITY FROM BEAUTIFUL BOOKS: Have children re-create a picture in the book in their favorite medium, watercolors, colored pencils, pastels, etc.
>Peter Rabbit World Beatrix Potter Books, Crafts and Activities (I don’t like the newer books illustrations, definitely buy the ones done by Beatrix herself.)
>Beatrix Potter Treasury
>Brambly Hedge by Jill Barklem
>Winnie-the-Pooh illustrated by E. H. Shepard
>The Chronicles of Narnia book set illustrated by Pauline Baynes
>N.C. Wyeth Illustrated: The Last of the Mohicans, The Mysterious Stranger, Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe, Rip van Winkle, The Boy’s King Arthur.
>N.C. Wyeth -Great Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)