Curated OER
Book Illustration
Students view a video and discuss what illustrations in a book show and don't show. In this observation instructional activity, students look at the details on a page in Alice in Wonderland and create an illustration.
Princeton University
Cotsen Children's Library: Water Babies: Swimming in Picture Books
Learn about children's book illustration of swimming scenes in this on-line exhibit of relevant images from popular children's stories.
Library of Congress
Loc: A Heavenly Craft: Woodcut in Early Printed Books
Online exhibit that represents the evolution of the woodcut as illustration during the late Medieval and early Renaissance period. This exhibition explores the development in technique, composition, perspective, and coloration of the...
Library of Congress
Loc: The Water Babies Jessie Willcox Smith
An exhibition of The Water-Babies illustations by Jessie Willcox Smith. Originally shown in the Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon Library of Congress June through September 1999.
Other
N.y. Public Library: Scientific and Medical Illustration
A thorough account of the use of illustration in medical and scientific texts. Gives a complete history of book illustration and print media. Includes great printmaking vocabulary.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Henry Cole
Watch while noted children's book illustrator Henry Cole talks about how his teaching background and lifelong love of nature make illustrating his perfect job. Discover the process Cole follows to illustrate a picture book.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Picturing America: N. C. Wyeth: Cover Illustration [Pdf]
Analysis of N. C. Wyeth's cover illustration for a 1919 edition of "The Last of the Mohicans" examines Wyeth's approach to representing a major character from the novel.
Other
University of North Texas: Pop Up and Movable Books
A history of pop-up and moveable books with examples as early as the 18th century.