illustrators

"An author and illustrator try to work together to create a book about animals, but have very different ideas about what it should look like"--Provided by publisher.

Profiles the lives and works of ten American illustrators: Howard Pyle, N. C. Wyeth, Frederic Remington, Charles Dana Gibson, Maxfield Parrish, Norman Rockwell, J. C. Leyendecker, Howard Chandler Christy, James Montgomery Flagg, and John Held, Jr.

Discusses the early life, education, and career of children's book artist and author Maurice Sendak.

Explores the life and career of Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King-awarded author and illustrator Kadir Nelson.

Presents very brief summaries of one hundred children's books, each with comments from the illustrator and step-by-step instructions for an art project based on the illustrator's work.

Looks at how Dr. Seuss wrote "The cat in the Hat."".

Looks at how Dr. Seuss wrote "The cat in the Hat."".

"Explore[s] the life and career of writer and poet Jerry Pinkney"--Provided by publisher.

"As an artist creatively incorporates her slipups into a drawing, readers see the ways in which 'mistakes' can provide inspiration and opportunity, and reveal that both the art and artist are works-in-progress"-- Provided by publisher.

Here is a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today's foremost children's authors and illustrators---revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.