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What is a PB?
Sendak on “rhythmic syncopation of words and images” in his book Caldecott & Co.: Words are left out—but the picture says it. Pictures are left out—but the word says it . . . it is the invention of the picture book.
Examples
of illustration through time to today:
MILLIONS OF CATS, story and pictures by Wanda Gag.
THE
LITTLE ISLAND by Margaret Wise Brown, pictures by Leonard Weisgard.
GOODNIGHT
MOON by Margaret Wise Brown, pictures by Clement Hurd.
THE
SNOWY DAY, story and pictures by Ezra Jack Keats.
THE
RABBITS’ WEDDING, story and pictures by Garth Williams.
LITTLE
BLUE AND LITTLE YELLOW, story and pictures by Leo Lionni.
WHERE
THE WILD THINGS ARE, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak.
THE
TREASURE, story and pictures by Uri Shulevitz.
THE
ARTIST WHO PAINTED A BLUE HORSE, story and pictures by Eric Carle.
THE
SNOWMAN, story and pictures by Raymond Briggs.
STREGA
NONA, story and pictures by Tomie dePaola.
FORTUNATELY,
story and pictures by Remy Charlip.
JUMANJI,
story and pictures by Chris Van Allsburg.
BLACK
AND WHITE, story and pictures by David Macaulay.
THE
STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES by Jon Scieszka, pictures by
Lane Smith.
VOICES
IN THE PARK, story and pictures by Anthony Browne.
KNUFFLE
BUNNY: A CAUTIONARY TALE by Mo Willems.
FLOTSAM,
story and pictures by David Wiesner.
KITTEN’S
FIRST FULL MOON, story and pictures by Kevin Henkes.
GARMANN’S
SUMMER, story and pictures by Stian Hole.
THE
INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET, story and pictures by Brian Selznick.
THE
RED TREE, story and pictures by Shaun Tan.
MINE!
by Shutta Crum, pictures by Patrice Barton.
A
BALL FOR DAISY, story and pictures by Chris Raschka.
Examples
of PB story through time to today:
BABAR, story and pictures by Jean de Brunhoff.
THE
STORY OF FERDINAND by Munro Leaf, pictures by Robert Lawson.
ANGUS
LOST, story and pictures by Marjorie Flack.
CAPS
FOR SALE, story and pictures by Esphyr Slobodkina.
MAKE
WAY FOR DUCKLINGS, story and pictures by Robert McCloskey.
CURIOUS
GEORGE, story and pictures by H.A. and Margret Rey.
MADELINE’S
RESCUE, story and pictures by Ludwig Bemelmans.
THE
CARROT SEED by Ruth Krauss, pictures by Crockett Johnson.
GOODNIGHT
MOON by Margaret Wise Brown, pictures by Clement Hurd.
HAROLD
AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, story and pictures by Crockett Johnson.
A
TREE IS NICE by Janice May Udry, pictures by Marc Simont.
GREEN
EGGS AND HAM, story and pictures by Dr. Seuss.
WHERE
THE WILD THINGS ARE, story and pictures by Maurice Sendak.
HIDE
AND SEEK FOG by Alvin Tresselt, pictures by Roger Duvoisin.
A
POCKET FOR CORDUROY, story and pictures by Don Freeman.
THERE’S
A NIGHTMARE IN MY CLOSET, story and pictures by Mercer Mayer.
JAMBERRY,
story and pictures by Bruce Degen.
OWL
MOON by Jane Yolen, pictures byJohn Schoenherr.
THE
POLAR EXPRESS, story and pictures by Chris Van Allsburg.
JESSE
BEAR, WHAT WILL YOU WEAR? by Nancy White Carlstrom, pictures by Bruce Degen.
ALL
THE WORLD by Liz Garton Scanlon, pictures by Marla Frazee.
THE
QUIET STORY by Deborah Underwood, Renata Liwska.
HIP
HOP DOG by Chris Raschka, pictures by Vladimir Radunsky.
OH,
NO! by Candace Fleming, pictures by Eric Rohmann.
See
Linnea’s Illuminated Notes, A Picture Book, January 2011
Significant
Illustrators in PB Development
See
Linnea’s Illuminated Notes, Illustrators of Children’s Literature, December
2011
Resources
CALDECOTT
& CO.: NOTES ON BOOKS & PICTURES by Maurice Sendak (Farrar, Straus and
Giroux, 1988).
CHILDREN’S
PICTUREBOOKS: THE ART OF VISUAL STORYTELLING by Martin Salisbury and Morag
Styles (Laurence King Publishers, 2012).
SHOW
ME A STORY: WHY PICTURE BOOKS MATTER by Leonard Marcus (Candlwick, 2012).
WRITING
WITH PICTURES: HOW TO WRITE AND ILLUSTRATE CHILDREN’S BOOKS by Uri Shulevitz
(Watson-Guptill, 1985).
