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tracybabler's review against another edition
5.0
Thanks to the Kid Lit Exchange for the review copy. All opinions are my own.
What a cool book! Calling all kids who want to be a writer and illustrator of graphic novels! Raina Telgemeier walks kids through her process for creating some of her very popular graphic novels: SMILE, SISTERS, DRAMA, and GHOSTS.
Interspersed with excerpts from the book and descriptions of Telgemeier's process are writing prompts, drawing lessons, and spaces for kids to plan and execute the beginnings of their own graphic novels. The book also includes ideas for consistently sparking creativity and finding sources of inspiration in your own life.
Best of all, Telgemeier takes kids' writing and illustration very seriously. She is not humoring kids here! One thing serious kid artists will think is cool is how the author shares the tools she uses to create her art. I learned a lot about what it takes to produce a quality graphic novel!
Highly recommended for fans of Raina Telgemeier, graphic novels in general, and any kids who dream of creating their own graphic novel some day. All writers—even those who are not illustrators—can find inspiration here.
Since this is a workbook, I pre-ordered a copy for each of my daughters.
What a cool book! Calling all kids who want to be a writer and illustrator of graphic novels! Raina Telgemeier walks kids through her process for creating some of her very popular graphic novels: SMILE, SISTERS, DRAMA, and GHOSTS.
Interspersed with excerpts from the book and descriptions of Telgemeier's process are writing prompts, drawing lessons, and spaces for kids to plan and execute the beginnings of their own graphic novels. The book also includes ideas for consistently sparking creativity and finding sources of inspiration in your own life.
Best of all, Telgemeier takes kids' writing and illustration very seriously. She is not humoring kids here! One thing serious kid artists will think is cool is how the author shares the tools she uses to create her art. I learned a lot about what it takes to produce a quality graphic novel!
Highly recommended for fans of Raina Telgemeier, graphic novels in general, and any kids who dream of creating their own graphic novel some day. All writers—even those who are not illustrators—can find inspiration here.
Since this is a workbook, I pre-ordered a copy for each of my daughters.
abigailbat's review against another edition
Raina Telgemeier encourages young readers to share their own stories in this guide to writing and drawing. Chapters start with excerpts from her super popular books that lead the way into writing prompts on different subjects - memoir, writing about family, writing based on experiences that happened to you, and writing based on setting. Space is provided in each section for readers to answer questions and start drawing and writing their own stories.
This is going to be super popular. Libraries should be aware that this is a book that encourages kids to write in it. It's still worth getting for the behind-the-scenes look at how Telgemeier wrote Smile and her advice and encouragement for young writers.
This is going to be super popular. Libraries should be aware that this is a book that encourages kids to write in it. It's still worth getting for the behind-the-scenes look at how Telgemeier wrote Smile and her advice and encouragement for young writers.
jaz_gets_literary's review against another edition
5.0
Thanks to the @kidlitexchange network for the review copy of this book -all opinions are my own. Fans of Raina Telgemeier will love her new interactive journal. Telegemeier helps young readers share their own stories just like she's shared her own in her best selling graphic novels. Each chapter starts with an excerpt from one of her books and then she explains how her real life inspired them. There are then questions that help encourage creativity and a space for writing.
I love how Raina lets young fans know how she uses her own life to pull inspiration for her books. This journal is more than just full of writing prompts. It has pictures from her childhood and she even gives the steps of creating a graphic novel from idea building to putting the color into the pages. This is one of the most interactive writing journals that I have seen. Young writers who love Raina's books will love this.
I love how Raina lets young fans know how she uses her own life to pull inspiration for her books. This journal is more than just full of writing prompts. It has pictures from her childhood and she even gives the steps of creating a graphic novel from idea building to putting the color into the pages. This is one of the most interactive writing journals that I have seen. Young writers who love Raina's books will love this.
nataliesboooks's review against another edition
4.0
So obviously part of this book is a journal so I didn’t “read” that part, but I really enjoyed seeing “behind the scenes” so to speak of Raina’s creative process. Cute!
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