cover image Ways of Telling: Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book

Ways of Telling: Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book

Leonard S. Marcus. Dutton Books, $29.99 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-525-46490-7

William Steig, Maurice Sendak, Karla Kuskin, Rosemary Wells, Mitsumasa Anno, Jerry Pinkney and others 14 in all discuss their work in Ways of Telling: Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book by Leonard S. Marcus. This engaging volume offers insight into the creative process of each author and illustrator as well as the social and political contexts from which their work emerged. (Aug.)