Illustrating Children's Books

Author: Martin Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781741143157
Category : Illustrated books
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
A unique book for art students and creatively minded beginners who want to learn how to target their drawing and painting skills to the ever-expanding children s book market.

Illustrating Children's Books

Author: Martin Ursell
Publisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1847974953
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Book Description
How do you go about illustrating a children's book? Where do the ideas come from? How do you illustrate a narrative? How do you get published? This beautiful book answers all these questions and more. With practical tips and ideas throughout, it explains and follows the journey from first idea to final completed book. It is filled with illustrations that show how these images are made, and offers a rare chance to see the roughs, visuals and ideas sheets from a variety of childen's illustrators. Exercises support the ideas discussed and suggest ways of developing them. A beautiful book aimed at artists, illustrators, publishers, colleges and adult education courses teaching illustration. Explains the journey from first idea to the final completed book. Offers a rare chance to see the roughs, visuals and ideas sheets from a variety of children's illustrators. Superbly illustrated with 199 colour images. Martin Ursell is a senior lecturer in illustration at Middlesex University and has illustrated many books for children.

The 12 Sleighs of Christmas

Author: Sherri Duskey Rinker
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452161925
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
When the elves discover that Santa's sleigh is in a terrible state, they let their imaginations go wild—and soon there are sleighs of every kind, inspired by big rigs, motorcycles, zeppelins, and much more! The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and the celebrated illustrator of Michael Chabon's The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man team up for spirited vehicular silliness and classic Christmas cheer in this turbo-charged read-aloud destined to become a classic. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition.

Children's Book Illustration

Author: Jill Bossert
Publisher: Rotovision
ISBN:
Category : Chidren's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Top professionals who create art for children's books show how to adapt a personal style to the specialized needs of publications intended for the young reader.

Shut Up and Write!

Author: Judy Bridges
Publisher: Redbird Studio
ISBN: 0976474204
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description

Show and Tell

Author: Dilys Evans
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811849715
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
Explores the work fo twelve contemporary illustators of children's books and discusses the techniques and features of effective illustration across a variety of styles and media.

Rise Up and Write It

Author: Nandini Ahuja
Publisher: HarperFestival
ISBN: 9780063029590
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description

Guide to Literary Agents 30th Edition

Author: Robert Lee Brewer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593332091
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
The Best Resource Available for Finding a Literary Agent, fully revised and updated No matter what you're writing--fiction or nonfiction, books for adults or children--you need a literary agent to get the best book deal possible from a traditional publisher. Guide to Literary Agents 30th edition is your go-to resource for finding that literary agent and earning a contract from a reputable publisher. Along with listing information for more than 1,000 agents who represent writers and their books, the 30th edition of GLA includes: Hundreds of updated listings for literary agents and writing conferences Informative articles on crafting effective queries, synopses, and book proposals (and the agent query tracker) Plus, a 30-Day Platform Challenge to help writers build their writing platforms Includes 20 literary agents actively seeking writers and their writing

The Busy Birds Adventures

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732039599
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
The Busy Birds Adventures: Hello, Bend! is a bright, cheerful, and engaging board book to help introduce the beauty of the nature that surrounds us in Central Oregon. Throughout this book, a friendly little bird says "hello!" to the mountains, the buttes, and even the Deschutes! It is designed for babies to be able to hold and enjoy whether they are snuggled up in bed or out exploring the outdoors!

Knight Time

Author: Jane Clarke
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781849418041
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Little Knight is scared of fierce knight-eating dragons and Little Dragon is scared of dangerous dragon-slaying knights ...But one stormy night they both make a wonderful discovery...