Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling
Martin Salisbury
(Author)
Morag Styles
(Author)
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Description
Children's picturebooks are the very first book we encounter and play a major role in introducing us to both art and language. But what does it take to create a successful picturebook for children? Children's Picturebooks, Second Edition is the revised edition of a bestselling title that carries invaluable insight into a highly productive, dynamic sector of the publishing world. Featuring interviews with leading illustrators and publishers from across the world, it remains essential reading for students and aspiring children's book illustrators and writers. Aimed at arts and literature students as well as aspiring children's book illustrators and writers. This book covers everything from the change in children's picturebooks over time to a breakdown of the children's publishing industry including, the editorial process, approaching publishers and literary agents and the printing process. With 15 new case studies from well-known illustrators like Jon Klassen, Oliver Jeffers and Beatrice Alemagna and publishers such as Puffin Picture Books, Thames and Hudson and Enchanted Lion Books, this revised edition also includes a brand new chapter devoted to non-fiction, especially the rise of both narrative non-fiction and big books.
Product Details
Price
$40.00
$37.20
Publisher
Laurence King
Publish Date
January 07, 2020
Pages
200
Dimensions
8.5 X 11.0 X 0.6 inches | 1.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781786275738
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Martin Salisbury is Professor of Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University and author of Play Pen: New Children's Book Illustration (2007) and 100 Great Children's Picturebooks (2015). Morag Styles is Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Cambridge and author of Art, Narrative and Childhood (2003).