This lesson plan guides educators in teaching children’s books to young adult and adult learners. In addition to offering some general advice about teaching children’s picture books, lessons about Toni Morrison’s “The Big Box,” Edwidge Danticat’s “Eight Days: A Story of Haiti,” and Junot Diaz’s “Islandborn” are included. Developed by Cara Byrne, PhD, lecturer in English at Case Western Reserve University.