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Demonstrates how artwork is reproduced from pictures to a printed page by taking readers through each step of the process, and includes a four-page acetate printer's proof and a sample of a finished work. Reprint.
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After receiving a fine arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and completing two years of graduate work in design at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, Ruth Heller (1923-2004) began her career designing wrapping paper, cocktail napkins, greeting cards, and coloring books. After five years of rejection and one complete revision, Heller's first book, Chickens Aren't the Only Ones, about egg-laying animals, was published in 1981. It was so successful that the sequel, and second book to be published, Animals Born Alive And Well (1982), about mammals, quickly followed. In 1983 and 1984, her third and fourth titles, The Reason For A Flower (about plants that have seeds and flowers) and Plants That Never Ever Bloom (about plants that do not) were published.
She then began work on a collection of six books, the How To Hide series on camouflage and the magic of this phenomenon in nature, which covered the entire animal kingdom -- insects, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and sea creatures. The next collection of books became a five-volume series on parts of speech: A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns; Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs; Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives; Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns; and Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs. She also wrote and illustrated the unique and fascinating book Color, a charming and instructive guide to how art goes through the four color printing process.
Among the notable people who have had an influence on Heller's writing have been: Ogden Nash, Gilbert and Sullivan, Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc, and Dr. Seuss. Heller says of her work, "All my books are nonfiction picture books in rhyme. I find writing in rhyme enjoyable and challenging, and I think it is an easy way for children to learn new facts and acquire a sophisticated vocabulary. Children are not intimidated by big words. I try to make my writing succinct and allow the illustrations to convey as much information as possible."
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Grade 1-3?A rhyming text gives some general information about color, but is mostly geared to explaining the concept of commercial color printing?dots of yellow, magenta, cyan blue, and black blend to create the illusion of a full spectrum, etc. The rhyme is a bit for forced as it is broken up by pages illustrating concepts. Two sections of plastic overlays effectively demonstrate changes that occur when colors overlap/blend. The book is more visually appealing and fun than informative, and could be useful to children studying how a book is made.?Alexandra Marris, Rochester Public Library, NY
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0698118588
- ISBN 13 9780698118584
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages40
- IllustratorHeller Ruth
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