I really love Jan Brett's books. They are absolutely beautifully illustrated in very realistic form and my children really enjoy them. One of her newest books, Honey...Honey...Lion! we found at our library and the children just loved it.

Her site is full of free coloring pages, cursive and manuscript printables, bookmarks, and all sorts of other wonderful free things for your homeschools! I recently learned that she also has some fabulous free art instruction videos too! I sat and watched the one on drawing a bunny and it was a full 11+ minutes long and really wonderful. I cannot draw much at all so to see someone with talent draw with such ease--well, it really is something to me. I hope you enjoy!