A guide to making a book from scratch covers the different ways to make illustrations, what to write about, and how to assemble it in various formats.

The author of Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed shows two illustrators and their pets going through the steps involved in creating new picture books of 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' and introduces the concepts of layout, scale, and point-of-view. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.

In this extraordinary anthology, the most honored and beloved artists in children's literature share secrets about their art and detail their journey into the world of illustration, providing photographs of their early work, sketches and finished art, and self-portraits.

Product Description: American Girl's most popular illustrators have joined forces to create an amazing art book for girls! Professional artists start each project, then ask girls to finish it for them. Projects include: * designing fashion, food, and friends; * creating wrappers, book covers, and websites; * designing spot art; * finishing line drawings; * enlarging existing art; * drawing pets, places, and faces; * and lots more...read more

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

Product Description: Journey through the ages and across the globe as you learn about the different ways people have recorded events, stories, and ideas. Make a Book offers pull-out pages and easy instructions to create a Thai folding book, a newspaper, a flip book, a Japanese scroll, a Book of Hours, and a movable book...read more

An easy-to-follow guide to writing a story, illustrating it with one's own pictures, and putting it all together in a bound book explains every step in the process and covers both fiction and nonfiction.

Shows young artists how to draw pictures of home, adventures, and fantasies, and then use them to illustrate their own books

A brief account of how a picture book is produced, from the work of artist to editor to bookseller