Picture Books for Looking and Learning
Awakening Visual Perceptions through the Art of Children's Books
Published on 24. July 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-0-89774-716-5 (ISBN)
Description
With the art in 43 award-winning books as your palette, and the author's constructive insight and guidance for support, you can introduce the elements of design and explore the various media used by illustrators. Clear explanations of terms and styles, and exciting new ways to extend art and social studies activities are included along with explanations of the techniques that artists employ to achieve their desired effects.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-89774-716-5 (9780897747165)
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Person
SYLVIA S. MARANTZ was a school librarian for nearly 30 years./e She is a picture book columnist for Library Talk and regularly reviews books for School Library Journal and Five Owls. With art educator Kenneth Marantz, she is the coauthor of The Art of Children's Picture Books: A Selective Reference Guide and Artists of the Page: Interviews with Children's Book Illustrators. She is a library volunteer and gives workshops and presentations on the art of the picture book.
Content
Introduction v Chapter 1: The Anatomy of a Book 1 Chapter 2: Media and Techniques 5 Chapter 3: Preschool into Kindergarten 15 Happy Birthday Moon by Frank Asch 16 The Snowman by Raymond Briggs 19 Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle 23 Parade by Donald Crews 26 Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert 30 Alfie Gets in First by Shirley Hughes 33 The Quilt by Ann Jonas 37 Frederick by Leo Lionni 40 We're Going on a Bear Hunt retold by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury 44 Junglewalk by Nancy Tafuri 48 Chapter 4: From Kindergarten through Second Grade 51 Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola 52 Simon's Book by Henrik Drescher 56 Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks, illustrated by Richard Egielski 60 The Very Worst Monster by Pat Hutchins 64 The Day the Goose Got Loose by Reeve Lindbergh, illustrated by Steven Kellogg 68 I Want a Dog by Dayal Kaur Khalsa 72 17 Kings and 42 Elephants by Margaret Mahy, pictures by Patricia MacCarthy 76 Appendix A: Other Cultures in Recent Picture Books 197Appendix B: Picture Books for Experienced Evaluators 199Appendix C: Additional Resources for Looking and Learning 203Index 205