Picture Books

Using sample literature responses – in both reproducible versions and on transparencies – Schaefer shares step-by-step lessons that help students identify the elements that characterize an effective response.

Read Look Behind! Tales of Animal Ends to learn the scoop behind… animal butts.

Look Behind! Tales of Animal Ends is now out-of-print. You can contact Lola for signed copies.

Did you know that animal butts are amazing?
They are!
Just like you, animals use their rear ends to stand, walk, bend, and sit.
But some animal rumps do so much more.
Who has a glowing butt?
Whose butt pops?
Which animal has a slimy butt?

Available in paperback!
Read What’s That, Mittens? to see what Mittens finds.

A big yard can be a lonely place for a little kitten. So when Mittens hears a scratching noise behind the fence, he has to see what is on the other side.

“The author skillfully integrates short exclamations and animal sounds into the text, moving the story along and adding sensory details within the early-reader format. Hartung's soft-focus watercolor illustrations imbue the appealing kitten and the big (but friendly) dog with a perky sweetness that will charm the youngest readers.” Kirkus, spring 2008

Available in paperback August, 2009!
Written by Lola M. Schaefer
Illustrated by Kevan Atteberry

Frankie Stein comes into the world on
a bright, sunny day.

He’s not at all like his parents.

They’re scary looking.
He’s cute.

They try to make him look like them.
They can’t.

But he does end up being scary
in his own way!

Available in paperback!
Written by Lola M. Schaefer
Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung

This book offers teachers twenty transparencies that show models of strong writing with companion mini-lessons on Journal Entries, Meaning, Focus, Organization, Vocabulary, Details, Leads, and Revision.

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This book offers teachers twenty transparencies that show models of strong writing with companion mini-lessons on Organization, Focus, Vocabulary, Details, Leads, Revision, and more.

Visit Scholastic.com, Helping Children Around the World Read and Learn.

Written by Lola M. Schaefer
Illustrated by Melissa Iwai

Written by Lola M. Schaefer
Illustrated by Cathie Felstead

Available in paperback!
Written by Lola M. Schaefer
Illustrated by Susan Kathleen Hartung