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Writing with Pictures: How to Write and Illustrate Children's Books
Average rating
4.1 out of 5
Based on 457 Ratings and 102 Reviews

Book Description
Contents:

- Telling the Story
- Picture Book or Story Book?
- Picture Sequence
- The Story: A Complete Action
- Story Content
- Picture Book Characteristics
- Planning the Book
- Storyboard and Book Dummy
- Size, Scale, and Shape
- The Structure of a Printed Book
- Creating the Pictures
- The Purpose of Illustration
- Drawing Figures and Ob... More
Book Information
PublisherWatson-Guptill Publications
BindingPaperback (6 editions)
Reading LevelAdult
# of Pages272
ISBN-100823059359
ISBN-13978-0823059355
Publication Date05/01/1997
The Creators
About Uri Shulevitz (Author) : Uri Shulevitz is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Uri Shulevitz include How I Learned Geography, So Sleepy Story, Rain Rain Rivers, and The T... more
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4/11/2010 Yvette Herrera tagged as: I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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12/7/2009 Sue Rundle-Hughes said: Excellent book on illustrating a children's book.
tags: I recommend, Inspired me

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8/17/2009 ellia hill tagged as: I'm reading

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9/12/2008 J.H. Everett said: One of the required canon if you want to write and illustrate children's books. I recommend this for anyone who is interested in an amazingly thorough read on the subject of illustration for books. Simply one of the best.
tags: Uri Shulevitz, I recommend, Inspired me, I'm reading, illustration, Picture books, UR Shulevitz

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10/18/2007 Robyn Black tagged as: a classic!

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8/31/2007 Amy Moreno tagged as: I Read

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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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