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I wasn't able to read the entire book because other library users are waiting to read it, but I'll check it out again sometime so that I can finish it. I like reading the firsthand accounts of illustrators and learning about their childhoods, their cultural backgrounds, and their influences.
I always shy away from nonfiction because it usually isn't as captivating and tends to drag on. Why children's books seemed like a fascinating subject, this one had a lot of drag potential. But I found it to be fascinating. I found myself going to the library to look up some of the illustrators and check out their work. Makes me want to read more with my kids and try to write more children's books. The best chapters were Mo Willems, Ashley Bryan and Chris Raschka--more because I connected with them than anything they said.
LOVE this book! Picture book authors and illustrators share their work and vision. I don't have it on hand to comment on more closely and it is a little weighted towards white authors, but it's likely to remain on my shelves for a long while to go.
Am I the only one who was bored by the presentation of these interviews? Why not put illustrations in with the interviews? Why do interviews at all? Why not just let each author write their own chapter?
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http://pussreboots.com/blog/2018/comments_12/show_me_a_story.html
If you love picture books, old or new, you will love this book of interviews with picture book illustrators. They are all here, all the artists you love, from Robert McCloskey to Mo Willems. Fabulous.
A series of interviews with 21 different children's illustrators. Not incredibly illuminating about the field or their artistic process.