Illustrator Spotlight: Rafael Lopez

Illustrator Spotlight: Rafael Lopez

One of our favorite illustrators of all time, Rafael Lopez creates the most colorful & celebratory illustrations. His heart for community and coming together across all barriers comes out in his sweet diverse characters playing together in all his books. The...
ELLApicks: Books about Music History

ELLApicks: Books about Music History

Beautiful books that tell the stories of some of the greatest musicians of all time? Yes please. We want our children to engage with these musicians’ stories as they listen to music and as they begin to write their own life-stories. We try to find a good range...

ELLApicks: Books for Teaching Creativity

As an art teacher, I’m always looking for picture books that I can usse to teach lessons, great jumping-off points into projects or discussion. These books here are ones that I love and that teach some of the foundational attitudes and postures of creativity....
ELLApicks: Books about Art History

ELLApicks: Books about Art History

As an art teacher, I’m also always on the lookout for great books about art history, and I LOVE artist biographies. These are one of my favorite ways to introduce students to artists, and to begin a project based off of an artist’s work. I try to find a...
ELLApicks: Our Favorite Bilingual Books!

ELLApicks: Our Favorite Bilingual Books!

Whether because of our cultural backgrounds & mixes or just because of our friendships, all of us in the ELLA family want to raise our kids bilingual (English/Spanish). (I mean, at least their first two languages 😉 We’re always on the hunt for great...