One of my "Go To" books for teaching art is the Art Teacher's Book of Lists by Helen Hume.  I discovered it my 3rd year of teaching and it made such a difference in my life!  It answered so many questions and was always handy for inspiration!  I highly recommend it if you are a new teacher, and I recommend thumbing through it again if you are a seasoned teacher who is stumped!

I LOVE Dove r Publications and use their books for resources constantly.  They have coloring books for  just about any topic imaginable.  My third graders do a Renaissance painting after the Mona Lisa and we look at Dover's Renaissance Fashions Coloring  Book for fashion advice.  My fourth graders study Painted Ladies a nd 19th   C entury architecture with their Victorian Houses Coloring Book.  Just about any masterpiece; Van gogh, Cassatt or Suerat you can find them in one of their books.  They sell prints, postcards, stickers and notebooks of beautiful artwork.  I order tons of stuff from them every year to give out as "prizes".  The kids love it too! Dover has a huge selection of "How to Draw" books.  Most of them are very simple basic-shape dra wing that is perfect for elementary age kids.  I have about 25 of them that I keep in my Free-Draw/Student Area for early finishers.  O ne other fantastic feature for teachers is if you sign up for the "Dover Sampler".  Each Friday they will send you an email that has free downloads of coloring pages, "how-to draw" pages or other fun things!  I should make a commercial!