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In a successful picture book, the words and the illustrations come together to create something greater than the sum of the parts.\u00a0 <\/span>The words and the art matter in equal measure. Too often, we focus on the art, overlooking the text. Although almost everyone recognizes Where the Wild Things Are<\/i> on sight, the book succeeds due to the fact that, \u201cThe night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind, and another, his mother called him a wild thing.\u201d The book requires the artistry of Maurice Sendak\u2019s words.\u00a0 <\/span>Akin to poetry, or flash fiction, a picture book requires brevity; no word can be wasted, and yet the form asks more of the author: the ability to write a story which leaves room for the artist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this workshop we will examine successful picture books, from Sendak\u2019s classics to the latest texts in what some are calling a new golden age.\u00a0 <\/span>We will study the drama of the turning of the page. Through generative exercises we will try our hand at a variety of forms that work as picture books.\u00a0 <\/span>We will kick around the idea of \u201cthe reader in the book\u201d and the ways the author of a work for children needs be aware of the implied child reader.\u00a0 <\/span>We will have fun exploring a genre that looks so easy and requires so much thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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