My Picture Books

Many people help to make a good picture book: the author and the illustrator, of course, and the editor, naturally. But someone who is often overlooked is the designer, the person who puts the words and the pictures together so the book makes sense to the ear and to the eye.

Designers decide how big a book should be, its type face, what words should go with what pictures, where the words are placed on the page, the color and design of the end pages and much, much more. Sounds easy, right? But it’s not. It takes a lot of skill, a good eye, and a tremendous amount of patience. Three cheers for designers! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

CLICK the book covers to read more about each book!