How to Make a Picture Book [Hardcover]

Everyone has a story to tell—and now you can learn how to tell it in your own picture book, using this helpful, humor-filled guide from an award-winning creator.

Have you ever wanted to create your own story—and capture it for posterity? Elys Dolan brings her comic touch to the process by portraying her narrator-self as a friendly worm (it’s quicker to draw than a person!). How do you come up with something to write about? Build and flesh out your story? Use color and space effectively? From combining two favorite things to form a story idea to “interviewing” your characters to physically putting a book together, the author walks readers through some surprisingly comprehensive beginners’ techniques that may have something to offer even seasoned storytellers. This witty, fun, conversational, step-by-step guide—part picture book, part activity book—is packed with prompts, exercises, tips, and jokes. So find your inspiration, grab your pens and pencils, and get making!Interested in creating a picture book? Look no further. . . . A pint-size masterclass for aspiring picture-book creators.
—Kirkus Reviews

Through dynamic text, bright illustrations, and a lot of humor, Dolan—with help from an assistant bug named Bert—invites readers on the journey through brainstorming, writing, and illustrating. . . . An engaging and welcoming book for young creators seeking an on-ramp to authorship.
—Booklist

[A] funny, idea-packed book for young authors.
—Daily PressElys Dolan is an award-winning author-illustrator who makes picture books about everything from seagull detectives to capitalist bunny rabbits, weasels plotting world domination to marauding doughnuts. Her many books include Weasels, Knighthood for l£‡