Jo Ann Matthews and Frankie Bunner

Matthews’ and Bunner’s innovative teaching idea, “By The Book,” is focused on creating compelling picture book stories for young students at Douglass K-8 Optional School. While art students use their background and class knowledge to develop sketches for the illustrations, English/language arts students will concentrate on creating a story line that young students find captivating. The collaboration between English and art students will teach them how to share a vision and develop their view of the writing/illustration process. Additionally, students will pass on their book to a student who is learning to read. The created book will be something that will allow the students' work to go on for years as the Pre-K students grow up reading and re-reading the book time and time again.