A Terrible Lizard’s soliloquy moves us to empathy, or maybe not in the gorgeously tactile T is for Terrible (Macmillan)– a 2005 Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year by Peter McCarty.
Children’s novelist Julie Lake (Galveston’s Summer of the Storm) walks us through the Paleozoic pastel pages, while I handle the not-so-steadicam.
We recorded after hours in Julie’s primary school library that Julie set up and ran for two years. I’ve borrowed today’s clip from the Make Your Marks and Splashes! online course on children’s book illustration. Children’s book illustration with teeth! So perfect for Halloween.
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hi, i m Medha from Jaipur(Rajasthan,India)as of now i m staying in London i want to join a short course for children book illustration.can u plz guide me about the right destination
Hi Medha, I think the “Make Your Marks and Splashes!” self-paced online course on children’s book illustration is a great place to start. It includes video lessons, video interviews with professional children’s book illustrators, up-to-the-minute available resources and much, much more. You can read more about the course and supportive online community and register here: http://howtobeachildrensbookillustrator.com/NewCoursehome2/
Best wishes,
Mark
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