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Author
Publisher
David & Charles [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"Illustrating Children's Picture Books delves into the world of illustrated books for children of all ages. It provides an international overview of today's top children's illustrators, with interviews and expert information from leading practitioners in the field. The book also offers practical workthroughs on specific creative techniques and design solutions, from traditional drawing, painting, and pen and ink, through to digital design. Discussions...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Author/illustrator Nick Bruel tries to explain to the reader how to write a story, but Bad Kitty is not at all happy about the plot, which has her going on a turnip diet to lose weight. Includes a recipe for roasted turnips.
Publisher
Writer's Digest Books
Pub. Date
[2016].
Description
If you write or illustrate for young readers with the hope of getting published, Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market 2017 is the trusted resource you need. Now in its 29th edition, CWIM is the definitive publishing guide for anyone who seeks to write or illustrate for kids and young adults. Inside you'll find more than 500 listings for children's books markets (publishers, literary agents, magazines, contests, and more), including a point of...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Nick decides to teach his cats to read, Verne is very much interested, especially in books about mice and fish, but Stevenson wants nothing to do with the project--or does he?
Author
Publisher
SeaStar Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas-about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story-remain unparalleled in their simplicity and genius. Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold? First published in 1991,...
12) The Seuss, the whole Seuss, and nothing but the Seuss: a visual biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
This volume the life and career of children's books author and illustrator Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka "Dr. Suess" (1904-1991). Geisel published 46 children's books, often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of anapestic meter. His most-celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the...
14) The illustrated Marguerite Henry: with Wesley Dennis, Robert Lougheed, Lynd Ward, and Rich Rudish
Author
Publisher
Rand McNally
Pub. Date
1980
Description
Marguerite Henry explains how she gets ideas for her books, briefly describes the illustrators of her books, and shows excerpts from their work.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"As soon as artist Robert McCloskey saw the ducks in Boston Public Garden, he knew he had to write about them. But how? Studying stuffed birds didn't help... As the ducklings grew, he got down on his hands and knees and followed them with pad and pencil. At times he even acted like a duck! Through revision, after revision, Robert improved the art and story, until he and his editor were finally satisfied."--
16) H.A. Rey
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Rockbottom Books
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the children's author and illustrator, known for creating such characters as Curious George.
19) This is my book
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The author explains how to make a book with the help of a panda he has drawn--who has his own ideas about how to make a book. Includes a flap, a pull tab, and a pop-up image.
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