Picturebook lists
As part of the theme mapping, ICETEMP project team members carried out searches for picturebook lists that can support language teachers‘ selections of picturebooks for specific topics. This is a collection of some recent lists with additional information regarding topics, the age range of learners and language learning contexts.
| Link | Origin/Topics/Range of books | Comments/Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| https://icepell.eu/index.php/icekits/ | List developed by ICEPELL team (2019-22) 88 book titles for intercultural citizenship education
| Pre-primary, primary and lower secondary, EAL |
| https://pepelt21.com/ | Independent project (2017-21) by Gail Ellis, Tatia Gruenbaum, Sandie Mourão, Anneta Sadowska 140 picturebooks wide range of topics, such as inclusion, anti-bullying strategies, friendship, intergenerational interaction, positivity, tolerance, understanding disability, wildlife | Primary EAL |
| https://wordsandpictureslibrary.com/ | Online library for picturebook-based ELT by Gail Ellis and Tatia Gruenbaum (2024), continue work from ICEPELL and PEPELT 100+ picturebooks wide range of topics such as abuse, adoption & foster care, animals and wildlife, banned & challenged books, bullying and discrimination, conflict, disability, neurodiversity, eco-anxiety, economic disparity, freedom, kindness and manners, living with loss, resilience, pride, planet Earth | Primary & secondary EAL |
| https://picturebooksinelt.blogspot.com/ | Picturebook blog – picturebooks that help make the world a better place (2010-2021) by Sandie Mourão 100+ picturebooks wide range of topics such as acceptance, ambition, belonging, caring, colonialism, conservation, death and loss, displacements, empowerment, environment, family history, following your dreams, gender stereotypes, grandparents, home, individuality, memories, multicultural issues, peace, phobias, prejudice, respect for differences, sharing, teenagers, worrying | Pre-primary, primary and secondary age range, EAL |
| SDG Book Club - Reading List Catalogue | Sustainable Development Goals Book Club. Reading List Catalogue ‘The SDG Book Club aims to use books as a tool to encourage children aged 6 to 12 interact with the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a curated reading list of books from around the world related to each of the 17 SDGs in all six official UN languages—Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.’ 3-5 English language picturebooks for each of the 17 SDG’s + picturebooks in other languages | Primary and lower secondary |
| Picture Books in the English Classroom - A Goldmine for Everyone! – Østfold University College | This website provides English teachers in Norway with a variety of picturebooks carefully chosen to support the teaching of English in primary and lower secondary school. All books are presented with themes, connections to the Curriculum in English, a summary and recommendations by age groups (Some) relevant themes for ICETEMP: acceptance, bullying, democracy and citizenship, diversity, environment, identity, intercultural competence, racism, war and peace | Primary and lower secondary school, EAL |
| https://padlet.com/p0077346/high-quality-picture-books-for-cross-curricular-planning-eaf5llgdy71d | Created by Tobin, M. (2015-2023), L1 context, cross-curricular learning Ca. 190 picturebooks with summaries, front covers, links to doc box with more info (e.g. linguistic features that can be taught wide range of topics (environment, friendship, traditional stories, war refugee stories) many titles mentioned that are also on other lists (above) | Primary and lower secondary school; titles can also be used for EAL |
| https://yell.uniud.it/en/storytelling | Collection of resources for the Storytelling in English initiative as part of the YELL project (University of Udine), curated by Elisa Bertoldi, 2018/2019 video and audio recordings, teacher education, student teachers presenting picturebooks (ca. 35) topics: animals and nature | Pre-primary and Primary school, EAL |
| https://yell.uniud.it/en/storytelling/tales/translate-to-english-picturebooks-for-tales | Picturebooks for TALES a list of picturebooks for environmenatal education in EAL | Primary school, EAL |
| https://themedchildrensbooks.afcc.com.sg/ | List with SDG-themed books (collections for each SDG), bird-themed, tree-themed, rice themed and water-themed books picture books from and about Asia | Pre-primary, primary and secondary, titles can also be used for EAL |