Children's Books
A children's book is a great design challenge. There are many things to consider - the story, writing style, illustration, page layout, font, size, cover, ect. I'm seeking writing tips/ideas for my stories and drawings. I've been browsing through children's books at libraries, book stores, coffee shops and thrift stores. I also read a little to the kids each week at work. I'm getting better with the voices. Reading out-loud is an under appreciated skill in which I've yet to develop. Anyhow, it's hard to beat a good picture book. Here are a few of my favorites:
- The Mitten
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Tikki Tikki Tembo
- The Eleventh Hour
- Corduroy
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
- The Story About Ping
- The Giving Tree
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- In the Night Kitchen
Welcome to my world. Anything from Eric Carle or Don and Audrey Woods is good too.
ReplyDeletei'll add goodnight moon, the little train that could, jack and the beanstalk, and where the wild things are (only for the illustrations)
ReplyDeleteRoald Dahl is pretty great too. And do you remember In the Night Kitchen? Classic.
ReplyDelete"Where the Wild Things Are" never fails to please! Whenever I would babysit the kids always liked the parts where Max says "BE STILL" and "NOW STOP!"
ReplyDeleteSome of my favorite illustrations are in the book "Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney and "Little Daylight" by George MacDonald with illustrations by Eric Ingraham.
Also, "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" with Illustrations by K.Y. Craft.
Also the "Runaway Bunny" and the "Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree."
ReplyDeleteIf you want to get kids thinking about environmental issues early (and who doesn't?) there is always Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax"