by SCBWI Western Washington
Darcy Pattison wrote a second post on how narrative arcs work in picture books. Understanding this is essential if you want to tell a story in this incredibly compressed format:Very simple picture books still have a narrative arc, even though the word count is extremely small. Yesterday, we looked at an example of a great... Continue Reading →
This comes from her blog: Very simple picture books still have a narrative arc, even though the word count is extremely small. Here’s a look at a narrative arc in 80 words (with the help of some illustrations), as it appears in My Friend, Rabbit, by Eric Rohmann, winner of the 2003 Caldecott Award for... Continue Reading →
Behold that is the beauty of this cover by Jesse Joshua Watson, and then congratulate him for being on the Booklist Top 10 Art Books for Youth list. Outstanding!
WARNING: the site you are about to visit is sweet. It could also make you cry. So if you are on your way to the dentist, or if you are concerned about your general level of hydration, do NOT visit the site for Kirby Larson's new picture book, Nubs: the True Story of a Mutt,... Continue Reading →
Clare Hodgson Meeker, award-winning children's book author and upcoming SCBWI program speaker (March 2010), is presenting a one-day writing workshop November 7 from 1-5 pm at Richard Hugo House, a writer's cooperative on Capital Hill in Seattle:Intersections: Poetry and Picture Book.Poetry and picture have much in common: strong imagery, rhythm, brevity, a certain musicality, and... Continue Reading →
She is very happy to announce the sale of her picture book, The Dinosaur Tooth Fairy, to Arthur A. Levine Books. Michael Stearns of Upstart Crow Literary is her agent.Martha feels sort of silly talking about herself in the third person, but she makes everyone else do it so it seems only fair. She's also... Continue Reading →
Chuck Sambuchino has what he calls the definitive post on word counts for children's books and novels. The most important thing here is to realize that there are always exceptions to these rules. And man, people love to point out exceptions - and they always will. However, if there is one thing I remember from... Continue Reading →
Lois V. Harris, author of MARY CASSATT: IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER and the forthcoming CHARLIE RUSSELL: TALE-TELLING COWBOY ARTIST, has a book recommendation for us: At the SCBWI Conference in L.A., I bought Ann Whitford Paul’s new book, WRITING PICTURE BOOKS, published by Writer’s Digest Books in 2009. The book is a hands-on guide from story creation... Continue Reading →
It was only a matter of time:Apple joins with publisher to put first picture book on iPhoneApple, the technology company, has linked up with a British publisher to launch the first children's picture book on a mobile telephone.By Richard SavillPublished: 2:36PM BST 23 Aug 2009Winged Chariot Press has published The Surprise by Sylvia van Ommen,... Continue Reading →
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