Close, Chuck. "Self--Portrait 2000--2001." Seeing and Writing 3. Edited by Donald McQuade and Christine McQuade. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. 132 and 136. This is a fascinating painting in the "photorealist" or "superrealist" style, which my seventh--grade students mistook for a photograph despite its mosaic appearance.
Davis, Timothy. "Casey at the Bat." Highlightsteachers.com. Highlights for Children n.d. Web. 5 Apr. 2009. This is a sketched scene of the character Casey while he is getting ready for the big pitch.
Handford, Martin. Where's Waldo. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1987. This book has a series of two--page--sized color prints of scenes (various seasons and locations) in which there are many people but only one Waldo.
Merrill, Linda, Lisa Rogers, and Linda Simmons, eds. Picturing America: Teacher's Resource Book. Chicago: National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008. A useful collection of classic images accompanied by varyingly useful lesson suggestions and poster--size reprints.
Steichen, Edward. The Family of Man. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1955. A time--tested, ever--relevant collection of photographs documenting the human journey through life throughout the world, interspersed with fitting quotations.
Van Gogh, Vincent. Prisoners Exercising. Visual Resources Collection. Yale University Library, n.d. Web. 6 Apr. 2009. A copy of Van Gogh's painting showing a group of male prisoners walking in circles in high--brick--walled prison cell.
