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The strange mathematics of a 14-spread layout
A 32-page picture book sounds generous until you do the math. Once signatures, endpapers, and front matter take their share, you are left with either 12 or 14 spreads to...
The strange mathematics of a 14-spread layout
A 32-page picture book sounds generous until you do the math. Once signatures, endpapers, and front matter take their share, you are left with either 12 or 14 spreads to...
Picture books for kids who are a little weird (...
Not every kid wants a tidy story with a moral stapled to the last page. This guide collects weird picture books for kids who prefer their stories strange, open-ended, or...
Picture books for kids who are a little weird (...
Not every kid wants a tidy story with a moral stapled to the last page. This guide collects weird picture books for kids who prefer their stories strange, open-ended, or...
Working from a self-taught studio: a Scarboroug...
Toronto has a longer-than-expected tradition of artists who arrived at illustration sideways, without a fine-art degree to their name. This post traces that lineage from Scarborough's own Guild of All...
Working from a self-taught studio: a Scarboroug...
Toronto has a longer-than-expected tradition of artists who arrived at illustration sideways, without a fine-art degree to their name. This post traces that lineage from Scarborough's own Guild of All...
Robert Munsch is stranger than you remember
Robert Munsch is the most stolen author in the Toronto Public Library system and the writer of a beloved children's book that originated as a private lullaby for two stillborn...
Robert Munsch is stranger than you remember
Robert Munsch is the most stolen author in the Toronto Public Library system and the writer of a beloved children's book that originated as a private lullaby for two stillborn...
The lost art of the children's book woodcut
Children's book woodcut illustration has a history nearly as old as printing itself, running from 15th-century German block books through the Victorian golden age to Marcia Brown's 1962 Caldecott Medal....
The lost art of the children's book woodcut
Children's book woodcut illustration has a history nearly as old as printing itself, running from 15th-century German block books through the Victorian golden age to Marcia Brown's 1962 Caldecott Medal....
Back to school picture books that skip the clic...
Every September the same twelve titles appear on every display table, and most of them feature a small animal clutching a lunchbox. Here are six back to school picture books...
Back to school picture books that skip the clic...
Every September the same twelve titles appear on every display table, and most of them feature a small animal clutching a lunchbox. Here are six back to school picture books...