My Pen

About the Book

Book Read Aloud Storytime: My Pen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMmXt4o9qCg

 

My Pen, The Horn Book

http://www.hbook.com/2015/10/blogs/calling-caldecott/my-pen/#_

 

Review: My Pen by Christopher Myers

https://wakingbraincells.com/2015/05/01/review-my-pen-by-christopher-myers/

 

My Pen, The Roarbots

http://theroarbots.com/2015/my-pen/

 

Christopher Myers: A Writer's Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZy9dM0ZWTQ

 

Video interview with Christopher Myers

http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/myersc

Teaching Activities

Literacyhead | Literacy And The Visual Arts

A Literacyhead is someone who is intensely serious about exercising creative literacy, making connections across multiple literacies, pursuing thoughtful literacy as an individual and as a teacher, and constantly searching for ideas.

http://literacyhead.com/

 

Literacyhead Lessons: Using Art To Teach Reading And Writing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ehvCnSV3s

 

Visual Thinking Strategies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVzcknOWpaE

 

8 Art And Literacy Projects For Preschoolers - Meri Cherry

http://www.mericherry.com/2014/09/02/8-back-school-literacy-activities-preschoolers/

 

Picture This: An Arts-Based Literacy Program

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/sept95/vol53/num01/Picture_This@_An_Arts-Based_Literacy_Program.aspx

 

Visual Literacy: Rethinking The Role of Arts in Education

https://vimeo.com/92872179

 

Why Read?: Exploring The Link Between Literacy And The Imagination

http://www.slj.com/2012/03/literacy/why-read-exploring-the-link-between-literacy-and-the-imagination/

 

The Value Of Imagination: Teaching Creative Literacy

http://online.cune.edu/teaching-creative-literacy/

 

Lesson And Author Guide: Teachingbooks.Net | Christopher Myers

https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=7019&a=1&a2=1

 

We Were Inspired By Christopher Myer's Book, My Pen

http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2015/04/we-were-inspired-by-christopher-myers.html