Show illustrators modeling art techniques and mediums when introducing or reviewing concepts.

• Explore pulp painting in this Meet-the Author Movie with Denise Fleming.

• Watch Barbara Reid demonstrate how she creates scenes with plasticine clay in this Meet-the-Author Movie.

• Observe how Bryan Collier creates his compelling collages using printed images and watercolor in this Meet-the-Author Movie.

• View the illustration for Viva Frida and learn how Yuyi Morales creates three-dimensional scenes in this Meet-the-Author Recording.

Enjoy as illustrators teach the book-making process to reinforce method, connect ideas, and inspire learners.

• Find out how to create engaging picture books in four steps in this Meet-the-Author Movie with David Wiesner.

• Unfold the engineering behind realistic dinosaur pop-up art in this Meet-the-Author Movie with Matthew Reinhart.

• Read this Guest Illustrator Blog Post by Christian Robinson and reflect on how he used historical photographs to capture the spirit of Josephine Baker in his acrylic illustrations.

• Learn Kevin Henkes’ process for bringing his books to life in this Meet-the-Author Movie.

Hear illustrators share the intent of and meaning behind their artistic work.

• Understand how illustrator Ernie Colón used “graphic continuity” to portray the complex, difficult subject of 9/11 in this Meet-the-Author Movie.

• Learn how Brian Pinkney brought musical sounds to visual life through scratchboard painting in his Meet-the-Illustrator Recording for Duke Ellington.

• Listen to this Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Dan Santat for Drawn Together and discover how he met the challenge of creating illustrations that “inhabit the personalities of the characters.”

• Discover Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s purposeful use of color and process to connect every picture to the one before and after it, reflecting the interconnectedness of the environment, in this Meet-the-Author Recording for Green.

Analyze how illustrators use visual imagery to both help readers understand their world and lead to the appreciation of self and others.

• Gain insight into the power of art to represent emotional ties to people and places in Christian Robinson's Meet-the-Illustrator Recording for Last Stop on Market Street.

• Consider how Molly Idle used interactive illustrations to show the relationship between the main characters of Flora and the Flamingo in this Meet-the-Author Recording.

• Join Raúl Colón on an imaginative trip through his city with wordless pictures in this Meet-the-Illustrator Recording for Imagine!.

• Connect themes to illustrations using this educator’s guide for When Stars are Scattered.