Picture Books for Looking and Learning: Awakening Visual Perceptions Through the Art of Children's Books.
Language: English
Published by Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1992
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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First edition (paperback). Near fine in illustrated wraps.
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- Title
- Picture Books for Looking and Learning: Awakening Visual Perceptions Through the Art of Children's Books.
- Author
- MARANTZ, Sylvia S.
- Publisher
- Oryx Press, Phoenix
- Publication year
- 1992
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 089774716X
- ISBN 13
- 9780897747165
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Paperbacks
With the art in 43 award-winning books as your palette, and the author's constructive insight and guidance for support, you can introduce the elements of design and explore the various media used by illustrators. Clear explanations of terms and styles, and exciting new ways to extend art and social studies activities are included along with explanations of the techniques that artists employ to achieve their desired effects.
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About the Author
SYLVIA S. MARANTZ was a school librarian for nearly 30 years./e She is a picture book columnist for Library Talk and regularly reviews books for School Library Journal and Five Owls. With art educator Kenneth Marantz, she is the coauthor of The Art of Children's Picture Books: A Selective Reference Guide and Artists of the Page: Interviews with Children's Book Illustrators. She is a library volunteer and gives workshops and presentations on the art of the picture book.
SYLVIA S. MARANTZ was a school librarian for nearly 30 years./e She is a picture book columnist for Library Talk and regularly reviews books for School Library Journal and Five Owls. With art educator Kenneth Marantz, she is the coauthor of The Art of Children's Picture Books: A Selective Reference Guide and Artists of the Page: Interviews with Children's Book Illustrators. She is a library volunteer and gives workshops and presentations on the art of the picture book.
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