![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Do the words even matter in a picture book?” your friend Jake might inquire. “The hard part is illustrating, making all those pictures.” “The author has it easy,” your Aunt Sharon might inform you. Some might argue that the pictures in them are actually more important than the words. Up until now, the books he has written have been picture books. Peter Brown is also a Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator. Peter Brown is a critically acclaimed, best-selling author. I call these people “overtalented jerks.” Every so often, you’ll meet a rare hybrid: someone good with words and pictures. A picture person is good with colors and has opinions about pencils. A word person is good with vocabulary and uses too much punctuation in text messages. Picture people include illustrators, designers and art directors. Word people include writers, editors and proofreaders. In children’s literature, many books are created through the collaboration of two separate, yet equally important groups: word people and picture people. ![]()
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