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A good picture book should have events that are visually arresting - the pictures should call attention to what is happening in the story.

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As much as I'd like to meet the tooth fairy on an evening walk, I don't really believe it can happen.
Santa is our culture's only mythic figure truly believed in by a large percentage of the population. It's a fact that most…
The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling…
There was a great deal of peer recognition to be gained in elementary school by being able to draw well. One girl…
I pore over every word on the cereal box at breakfast, often more than once. You can ask me anything about shredded…
I write for what's left of the eight-year-old still rattling around inside my head
The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the…
The idea of the extraordinary happening in the context of the ordinary is what's fascinating to me
Some artists claim praise is irrelevant in measuring the success of art, but I think it's quite relevant. Besides, it makes me…
There must be something to think about at the end.
Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. I confess to having yielded…
The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and…

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If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that's a good picture. — Eddie Adams
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A really good picture looks as if it's happened at once. It's an immediate image. — Helen Frankenthaler
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I have no chips on my shoulder. I like to be constructive. As I have said, I have inspired many persons to… — Weegee

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