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Picture Book Quotes

I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished... do I begin the pictures Picture Quote #1

I don’t have an interest in any car that isn’t good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book Picture Quote #1

If kids like a picture book, they’re going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed Picture Quote #1

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? Picture Quote #1

I like the idea of being involved in pictures that can entertain the entire family and can stimulate youngsters into looking at picture books. There’s nothing wrong with that Picture Quote #1

Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story Picture Quote #1

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Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don’t have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression Picture Quote #1

I can’t think of a story that doesn’t have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it’s dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark Picture Quote #1

I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader’s imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book Picture Quote #1

I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I’m drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real Picture Quote #1

The images in a picture book are the driving forces that tell the story. The words tell only what the pictures can’t Picture Quote #1

Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation’s picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man’s only lasting monument Picture Quote #1

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It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books Picture Quote #1

With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own Picture Quote #1

There’s not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do Picture Quote #1

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I never spent less than two years on the text of one of my picture books, even though each of them is approximately 380 words long. Only when the text is finished... do I begin the pictures (Picture Book Quotes) I don’t have an interest in any car that isn’t good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book (Picture Book Quotes) If kids like a picture book, they’re going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed (Picture Book Quotes) The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book? (Picture Book Quotes) I like the idea of being involved in pictures that can entertain the entire family and can stimulate youngsters into looking at picture books. There’s nothing wrong with that (Picture Book Quotes) Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story (Picture Book Quotes) Remember picture books are the closest form of writing to a poem. Even though they don’t have to rhyme, they must be poetic. They must be written so the worst actress can read with comfort and expression (Picture Book Quotes) I can’t think of a story that doesn’t have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it’s dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture books, my first thought was to do something about the dark (Picture Book Quotes) I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalising gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader’s imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book (Picture Book Quotes) I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I’m drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real (Picture Book Quotes) The images in a picture book are the driving forces that tell the story. The words tell only what the pictures can’t (Picture Book Quotes) Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation’s picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest every emotion which can be felt. Art reaches back into the babyhood of time, and is man’s only lasting monument (Picture Book Quotes) It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books (Picture Book Quotes) With twins, reading aloud to them was the only chance I could get to sit down. I read them picture books until they were reading on their own (Picture Book Quotes) There’s not too much difference between writing a picture book and writing a collection of a hundred poems or so, except that the bigger books take a lot longer to do (Picture Book Quotes)

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