- Paperback
- 300 Color illustrations
- 192 pages
- 280 x 216 mm
- ISBN 9781856697385
- Published January 2012
In seven chapters, this book covers the key stages of conceiving a narrative, creating a visual language and developing storyboards and design of a picturebook. The book includes interviews with leading children’s picturebook illustrators, as well as case studies of their work. The picturebooks and artists featured hail from Australia, Belgium, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the USA.
In this publication, Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles introduce us to the world of children’s picturebooks, providing a solid background to the industry while exploring the key concepts and practices that have gone into the creation of successful picturebooks.
As the a reader and the mother of a child artist I was so interested in this book because we spend hours looking over books and seeing how the artwork contributes or even makes the story.
Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling describes how storytellers work with illustrators to create a visual narrative that corresponds with the story. There is wonderful history of artwork for books through the centuries.
I loved illustrator interviews but didn't love the font. While I appreciate that the book focused on the artwork I needed to borrow reading glasses to read this book.
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Laurence King
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy from Laurence King Publishers for my honest opinion. No monetary compensation was offered.
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