Ted Geisel loved to doodle from the time he was a kid. He had an offbeat, fun-loving personality. He often threw dinner parties where guests wore outrageous hats! And he donned quirky hats when thinking up ideas for books like his classic The Cat in the Hat. This biography, with black-and-white illustrations throughout, brings an amazingly gifted author/illustrator to life.

"Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator of over one hundred books, tells the story of his childhood and how he developed his artistic talent."--

This book describes what authors and illustrators do to create books.

A whimsically illustrated guide to the inner life of dogs shares lighthearted insights into dog evolution and behavior while profiling common breeds and explaining what a dog experiences while looking at a sunset and smelling the ground.

Presents a visual survey of Lois Ehlert's artistic career that reflects on her parents' support, her early creative experiments, and her behind-the-scenes book-making processes.

Children's author and illustrator Tomie dePaola shares special memories of fifteen Christmases he has celebrated over the course of his life, beginning in the 1930s when he was three years old.

"When a teacher asks Sylvie's class what they want to be when they grow up, Sylvie is the only one without an answer. In this funny, perceptive graphic memoir, a girl who works very hard to be the perfect student, daughter, and friend must figure out who she is to the least demanding person in her life: herself."--Book jacket flap.

"Discover creatures of all shapes, colors, sizes, and textures in this comprehensive volume of Eric Carle's oeuvre of animals. Eric's work has appealed to children for decades, and there is so much more of it to share! From bears in woodblock to sketches of monkeys, a steel porcupine sculpture to a foldout collaged whale, this collection includes previously unseen art in addition to favorite picture book characters! Interwoven with Eric's own words...

I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side - the Communist side - of the Iron Curtain. Through annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes, Peter Sis shows what life was like for a child who loved to draw, proudly wore the red scarf of a Young Pioneer, stood guard at the giant statue of Stalin, and believed whatever he was told to believe. But adolescence brought questions. Cracks began to appear in the Iron Curtain, and news...

A biography of the English author and illustrator who grew up during the Victorian era and whose detailed drawings of plants and animals found their way into her famous picture books.