And in the End…
And so we come to the last of my series of posts based on Jane Yolen’s list of “10 Words Every Picture Book Author Must Know.” Resolution...
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Emma’s Blog
Motion and Emotion
In our modern lexicon, motion and emotion would appear to have entirely different meanings, but it’s no accident that the words are...
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Illustratability
Picture books tells their stories in two ways: 1) via text, and 2) via illustrations (hence the name “picture book.”) Occasionally a story...
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Words, words, words.
Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. - William Shakespeare, “Hamlet,” Act 2, Scene 2 And so we come...
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Picture Book Hooks: Picture Books with Good Hooks
No, I’m not talking about pirate captains, or fishing. But I am talking about capturing something – and that is the interest...
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The Circle of Focus
When Jane Yolen speaks of ‘focus’ with respect to writing picture books, she specifies that it should be sharp and small. There’s an...
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Child-Centeredness
The third word in Jane Yolen's list of "Ten Words Every Picture Book Author Should Know" is Child-Centeredness. I've written about this...
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Compression: Getting Down to the Essence
The second word in Jane Yolen’s list of ‘ten words every picture book author must know’ is Compression. It’s a good word,...
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10 Words Every Picture Book Author Must Know
Last week at the SCBWI Winter Conference, the award-winning author Jane Yolen talked about ten words that every picture book author should...
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