Combining supportive advice with hands-on activities, Writing and Illustrating Children's Books for Publication, Revised Edition guides readers in successfully pursuing their craft with: Two perspectives on writing & illustrating children's books for publication: that of a respected author/illustrator, and that of a successful editor/publisher; Carefully-developed writing exercises, checklists, and targeted reading lists to get and keep writers writing and illustrators illustrating; In addition to the following all-new material: Updated case histories and reading lists; Brand-new writing and illustrating exercises; Online tools and resources for research; An expanded section on illustration; Information on communicating with and making submissions to publishers; Writing and Illustrating Children's Books for Publication, Revised Edition contains the tools necessary to create a publishable children's book in a short amount of time.
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Berthe Amoss is the author/illustrator of more than 24 picture books and 4 young adult novels. She holds a Master's degree in English and art and has taught children's literature for 14 years. Eric Suben, former editor-in-chief of Golden Books, is the author of more than 40 children's picture books.
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I was born in New Orleans and attended Newcomb Colleege and Tulane University where I hold a Master's Degree in English and Art. From 1982 until 1994, I taught Children's Literature at Tulane and wrote a column, Reading, Writing, and Children, for the Times Picayune, New Orleans' only daily newspaper. I am the author/illustrator of more than 24 picture books, four YA novels, and three how-to books with Eric Suben, former editor-in-chief of Golden Books (see website for total list of published books).
I have been married to James Amoss, former CEO of Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. and now president of Sea Point. We have six sons, six beautiful daughters-in-law and twelve wonderful grandchildren. We have lived in Hawaii, Germany and Belgium, and now in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast in Pass Christian, MS. Our house in Pass Christian was destroyed by Hurricane Camille and then by Katrina. The newly rebuilt one has survived both Gustav and Ike.
In my 83 years, I have never missed a year of attending art school. After family, my main interests are art, writing, fishing and gardening.
I have been married to James Amoss, former CEO of Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. and now president of Sea Point. We have six sons, six beautiful daughters-in-law and twelve wonderful grandchildren. We have lived in Hawaii, Germany and Belgium, and now in New Orleans and on the Gulf Coast in Pass Christian, MS. Our house in Pass Christian was destroyed by Hurricane Camille and then by Katrina. The newly rebuilt one has survived both Gustav and Ike.
In my 83 years, I have never missed a year of attending art school. After family, my main interests are art, writing, fishing and gardening.
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When i first bought this book I sort of turned my nose up at it, I put it aside for a little while, then finally made up my mind to start reading it. As things turned out it's a good thing I picked it up again, what a wonderful book! I love the reading suggestions and personal stories included at the end of each chapter as well as the progressive step by step design of the book (which is supposed to walk you through the process of writing your own book as you read it) While I haven't necessarily started doing all the exercises included at the end of every chapter, I got some wonderful ideas and found this book to be both encourageing and inspiring.
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I found this book to be very informative. Also easy to understand. A bonus, it is also a hard cover book for a great price, so it will last a long time on the shelf for those times you need to go back and reference.
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ASIN:1582973539 Writing and Illustrating Children's Books For Publication: Two Perspectives; 10th Anniversary (Writing & Illustrating Children's Books for Publication)]]This book is great! It has a lot of very good and helpful information for would be authors/illustrators. I believe most of the information would be great for other areas of pursuit as well. I was very impressed with section about how to understand what the letters from publishers are really telling you. I highly recommend this one.
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