| Description |
48 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 28 cm |
| Contents |
How many people make a book? -- The publishing house -- What does an editor do? -- Where do the stories come from? -- Ideas: where do you find them? -- Does it take long to write a story? -- Finding the right illustrator -- Doing it all again . . . and again, and again -- What size? What shape? -- What medium? -- Planning the book -- Choosing the typeface -- The right paper -- Colour separation -- Ready to print -- Printing and binding -- From the priner to you -- Making a picture book -- Publisher's pursuit -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Answers to publisher's pursuit -- Index |
| Summary |
Ever wondered how many people are needed to make a book? Or why most picture books have exactly thirty-two pages? Did you know that some books had to be rewritten more than twenty times before they were ready to be published? These are just some f the questions answered and surprises uncovered in this introduction to the making of picture books by Australia's best known children's editor, Anne Bower Ingram. The illustrator, Bob Graham, has had over twelve picture books published in eight different countries. Together Anne and Bob take us into the world of publishing, from the author's first draft, through the editing process, book design and printing to the finished book you see in the bookshop |
| Notes |
For children |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 47 |
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Includes index |
| Notes |
For children |
| Subject |
Children's literature -- Technique -- Juvenile literature.
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Picture books for children -- Juvenile literature.
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Picture books for children -- Technique.
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Publishers and publishing -- Juvenile literature.
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Publishers and publishing.
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Reading.
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| Author |
Graham, Bob, 1942-
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| ISBN |
0732273358 |
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