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The article discusses how digital illustration could reimagine the way books are illustrated and the way they work. Digital illustration has been made to mimic traditional techniques, but in the form of ebooks, it could do much more. Images could move across the screen in a way unimaginable on paper. Already, David Macaulay's "Black and White," Art Spiegelman's "Open Me...I'm a Dog!," and David Wiesner's "The Three Pigs" are playing with traditional ideas of books and paper.

The article explains the technique involved in pulp painting, a technique used in illustrating children's books. The technique involves pouring cotton rag fiber that is suspended in water through hand-cut stencils onto a screen, creating an image in handmade paper. The author describes the advantages and disadvantages of the technique.

In this article, the author discusses her experiences as an illustrator of children's books. The author describes how she developed her interest in art, her mentors, and her techniques in the article. She also describes the processes and methods that were used to duplicate the art for children's books before computers became a part of the process.

The article presents techniques on how to make a quality etching. An etching is made when an etching needle is used to scratch lines through a layer of wax on a polished copper plate, and acid eats the line down into the plate. The etched lines are then filled with ink and damp paper is pressed onto the plate. The article also discusses the best media for etching and the special qualities of graphic media.

The article presents an interview with illustrator Helen Oxenbury. Oxenbury talks about what attracts her to illustrate a book, a combination of humor and a sense of grounding in the way people really act. Her most recent books is "Farmer Duck," by Martin Waddell. She has also illustrated "We're Going on a Bear Hunt," by Michael Rosen.

The article offers step-by-step instructions for reading picture books.

Presents the fourth annual small press roundup of the periodical 'Library Journal' in 1976. Reviews and bibliographies of small presses; Collection of small press feminist publications; Representation of small press fiction; Importance of graphics in small press books; Books offered by the Valley Press in Canada.

The article presents an evaluation of the different artistic mediums used in illustrating children's books. The author discusses the characteristics of watercolors, pastels, colored pencils, acrylic paint, computer, and oil paint. The article concludes with a discussion of the advantages of oil paint, the author's preferred medium.

The article presents children's book illustrator and author Eric Carle's acceptance speech for the Laura Ingalls Wilder award from the American Library Association. Carle talks about his childhood in the United States and Germany and his first discovery, as a teenager, of the power of the written word. He talks about friends and relatives who have inspired characters in his books.

The article provides information on the children's book illustrator Randolph Caldecott. Caldecott's name is well-known from the award crated in his honor, but his books are largely forgotten. Caldecott earned instant praise for "The House That Jack Built" and "The Diverting History of John Gilpin," both published in 1878.

The author reflects on the technology involved in the publication of picture books. The author discusses how picture book illustrations have changed over time, but that the story of the book must match the medium that illustrates it. The effects of technology on picture book illustrations is also discussed.

The article pays tribute to publisher William R. Scott, who died on July 22, 1997 after an accident at the community print shop he presided over. The author describes Scott's publishing company, Young Scott Books, as an amalgam of graphic arts, language arts, and educational theory for children. The article discusses where Scott developed a taste for reading literary classics and the career of Scott as a publisher.

The article presents a profile of the 1992 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner Marcia Brown. The article describes Brown's studio, a seemingly chaotic room in her Connecticut home filled with painting and printing materials, Chinese brush paintings, and a flute. Brown's books are set all over the world, much like her life; she spent years in Venice, Italy, and Paris, France, studying art and music.

The article focuses on the evolution in the printing process for children's book illustrations. The author discusses the art and literary scene of the 1960s and compares it to the era's printing processes. The shift from primarily black and white illustrations in children's books to the large variety of methods employed in illustration in the nineteen nineties is discussed.

The article reviews the website http://www.literaryprintculture.amdigital.co.uk/, which provides literary prints.

Looks at the factors considered in analyzing art and design in picture books. Description on the best picture-book art; Components in picture books which makes it a great illustration; Best way to explain how art and design work together.

Reviews the computer software Print Magic from EPYX Inc. which allows students and teachers to use the computer as a graphic arts tool to design and print banners, greeting cards, and page-size signs.

Reviews the film 'M.C. Escher: Master of Graphic Arts.'