Marcus, Leonard S.

Leonard S. Marcus interviews twenty-one established authors and illustrators of pictures books, discussing their childhoods, inspiration, mentors, creative processes, and more.

Five famous picture-book families share their memories, scrapbooks, book dummies, model shots, and final art, revealing how their books were created, how their artistic skills have evolved, and how one's roots influence who and what they become.

Describes the process by which several teams of authors and illustrators have created such picture books as "Louis the Fish," "The Glorious Flight," "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," "Sam and the Tigers," and "The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses.".