The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Flights of Fancy,

Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators

80 pp. | Candlewick/Walker US | April, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5362-0536-7 $19.99

(3) 4-6 Britain’s first ten Children’s Laureates, from Quentin Blake (1999–2001) to Lauren Child (2017–2019), discuss their writing and/or illustrating processes, supply creative prompts, and show samples of their own work. The result is an encouraging set of examples for young creators of how ideas can become stories or illustrations. With twenty additional “ideas for creative projects” appended and "More About the Laureates," this volume should serve as a useful resource.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax