Provides ideas and simple directions for writing, illustrating, designing, and binding books.

Traces the life and career of the creator of the Grinch and the Cat in the Hat and examines his lasting contributions to the world of children's literature

Desribes the life of the children's book author and illustrator, conveying her life at Folly Cove, her love of dance, and how she was able to create images of machinery, including those used in her book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.

"This ample gathering, containing more than one thousand separate rhymes from the earliest surviving publications to the present day, is the most complete collection ever assembled. The rhymes are usually given in their earliest published form, which was often later suppressed (what was common in the 18th century was later thought too bawdy) and the authors have included most of the known variations of the original. The copious and erudite notes not...

This volume demonstrates how to write and illustrate children's books by analyzing story structure and showing how the story's action is communicated through picture sequences. The author, a well-established children's author and illustrator, covers technical questions of how actually to proceed in developing ideas into books, as well as aesthetic and ethical issues. This book inspires readers to think beyond predictable formats and instead embrace...

"Dr. Seuss from then to now covers every phase of Theodor Geisel's career and includes the development of You're only old once!, from working rough drawings to dust-jacketed book."--Dust jacket.

Shows two illustrators going through all the steps involved in creating new picture books of "Jack and the Beanstalk," including layout, scale, and point-of-view.