![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You'll see just how artists and authors made use of the limited resources available and limited colour palettes to produce simple but hugely effective and entertaining children's stories. Spanning the globe and examining some of the most influential children's books of the last hundred or so years, there are surprises in store. My first picture book of Shapes and Colours: Picture Books for Children. "The Slant Book" by Peter Newell - A really simple but hugely effective idea with glorious illustrations Searching for Illustrating Childrens Books Books Online By Martin Salisbury. ![]() With a ton of photographs of Martin's enviable collection, you'll find many many works that will provide inspiration and insight to anyone who's interested in children's books, whether you write them or write about them, illustrate for them or are a parent who has a few loft treasures tucked away in the attic that you really ought to bring out and dust down. This is a truly fascinating picture book resource that perhaps should've been called "100 Great Children's Picture Books you have never seen before, but will be absolutely blown away by!" Picture book expert Martin Salisbury has compiled a mouthwatering treasure trove of children's books stretching right back to the very beginning of the illustrated picture book format for children, and showing that all the ideas, art styles and amazing writing we know in children's picture books today has roots that go back as far as the late 19th century. ![]()
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