How to Be a Children’s Book Illustrator: A Guide to Visual Storytelling

I did not expect such a gorgeously bound book, but the quality far outweighed my expectations. This book is definitely gift worthy, but also a wonderful treat to yourself.The content is thoughtfully presented. Each illustrator’s section opens with a brief story, showcasing the illustrator’s work. The story is followed by art breakdowns unique to each artist.

I love love love this book. I haven’t finished it yet, but it’s so detailed and beautifully illustrated. I purchased it mostly for inspiration but there are so many helpful tips and tricks.

This is an amazing book filled with a lot of great information. It guides you where you need to go when it comes to organizing and filled with stories to help with layouts ect. It is definitely a help book but most importantly an art book.

This has illustrations and advice from one of my favorite illustrators, Ruth Hammond. Full of helpful instructions, tips, and the loveliest art. A great, and pretty, resource to have on the shelf.

Great book! Good resource for writers.

Amazing for the content and visuals. A well designed and beautiful reference book for illustrators. Inspiring and informative.

The book arrived on time and I'm very excited to get my hands on it, but even though the box it came in was full of airbags (a lot), the cover was broken :(

Good survey of instruction. The woke baloney should be jettisoned. Would be better without it.

A wonderful book with lots of tips and useful information. Some great examples from various talented artists, although not my style (it is quite cartoon-style), still lovely and helpful. As an artist myself, I believe it's always nice to see other artist's work and find some inspiration.Haven't looked through it in-depth yet, just flipped through it and it looks like it has a lot of tips on publishers, printing and character design. This is not a teaching tool which, for example, teach how to draw a character... It won't do that, it's rather a guide on the process of creating your own children's book.The book mainly aimed for those who draw for children ages 2-8 approximately, although I would imagine many people would still find it helpful and inspiring.Quality of print is fantastic, well worth the price, good amount of pages for that, though I do find the book is quite large and could have been made smaller with possibly more pages to make up for that.Otherwise, a lovely book to add to my collection.

Brilliant book - loads of example pages of children's books, illustrations by very talented artists and lots of useful tips. Highly recommended.

Such a beautiful book! I bought it to help me write a report, but also for my future career. It’s so easy to follow offering lots of useful advice, with some beautiful illustrations from amazing illustrators!

Absolutely stunning

Das Buch zeigt in sehr übersichtlicher und kompakter Form auf, worauf es beim Illustrieren von Bilderbüchern ankommt: die Entwicklung von Charakteren, die Zielgruppe im Blick behalten, Rhythmus einer Geschichte, Farbigkeit, Atmosphäre u.a. Gut ist, dass jeder Aspekt anhand von sehr ansprechenden Illustrationen veranschaulicht wird. Im zweiten Teil werden schließlich einige Bilderbuchbeispiele vorgestellt und die jeweiligen Illustratoren erläutern anhand der Beispiele ihre Vorgehensweise und ihre Überlegungen. Ich habe selber schon Bilderbücher veröffentlicht und empfinde die Informationen in diesem Buch als sehr treffend, komprimiert und anregend.