General Resources
P.J. Lynch takes us through how he begins his work, and the tools he uses to do this in a video in two parts:
Making Fairy Tales Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d_9KkSKIzo
Making Fairy Tales Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlSL20A-NA
P.J. Lynch speaks about becoming an illustrator, and some of the books he has worked on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37emTJBA9_A
Learn more about P.J. Lynch as he is interviewed by Dr. Pat Donlan for Children's Books Ireland
http://vimeo.com/36071975
P.J. Lynch takes us through how he begins his work, and the tools he uses to do this in a video in two parts:
Making Fairy Tales Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d_9KkSKIzo
Making Fairy Tales Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nlSL20A-NA
P.J. Lynch speaks about becoming an illustrator, and some of the books he has worked on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37emTJBA9_A
Learn more about P.J. Lynch as he is interviewed by Dr. Pat Donlan for Children's Books Ireland
http://vimeo.com/36071975
When Jessie Came Across the Sea Resources
This is a resource provided by the CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals (the UK's oldest and most prestigious children's book awards) and encourages children to look closely at P.J.'s illustrations and to interpret the story that is being told through paintings. It can be viewed here: http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/resources/Visual%20Literacy%20Pack.pdf or can be downloaded below:
The PPDS has created a lesson plan with follow up activities for senior classes on When Jessie Came Across the Sea. It can be viewed here:
or can be downloaded below:
As this picture book is based on the theme of emigration, check out the LiveBinder that I have created on this theme here
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The Bee-Man of Orn Resources
P.J. Lynch invites you into his studio in this video as talks about, and shows the process of illustrating The Bee-man of Orn http://www.teachervision.fen.com/book-arts/video/64287.html In Science, study bees, the importance of honey bees and how they make honey http://www.slideshare.net/fldpi/buzz-on-bees-lesson-plan http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/activity-plan-mixed-ages-be-bee Lincoln and His Boys Resources Candlewick Press has created a teacher's guide for Lincoln and his Boys and can be viewed here: http://rosemarywells.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lincoln-and-his-boys-teachers-guide.pdf or can be downloaded below:
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