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Christelow, Eileen

What Do Authors and Illustrators Do?: Two Books in One

78 pp. | Houghton | July, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-547-97260-2 $9.99
New ed.

(2) K-3 Christelow's jaunty, informative books What Do Authors Do? (1995) and What Do Illustrators Do? (1999) are bound together in one useful volume. Clear cartoon panel dialogues between two author and illustrator characters--and each one's dog or cat--elucidate bookmaking's creative process from kernel-of-an-idea to bound book. A new "P.S.--From the (Real) Author-Illustrator" touches on digital art; activities encouraging creativity are appended.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1995; May, 1999