okay guys I found a new website that has 100 picture books that are a must read! http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61 it is actually a website for New York public library but it does have a lovely list. San Antonio public library website is http://www.mysapl.org/kids.aspx this is the kids link. The author that the library is featuring this week is Naomi Shihab Nye. "Ms. Nye is a resident of San Antonio although her roots are in Palestine and the Middle East. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri but has called both Jerusalem and Ramallah home. She continues to travel widely bringing poems and inspiration to young writers around the globe."
Chapter 7 is about Picture Books it states that Picture books are the marriage of literature and fine arts into a unique literary form." One thing that I found very interesting in this chapter is the color choices really have meaning. I had never really thought about the colors that every shade and aspect of the color of the illustrations is chosen for a very specific reason. Bight Colors are intended to make one feel warm, and paler colors are to make one calm. "Emotion and tone in a story can be manipulated by how light or dark the colors are."
Thanks I am going to check that web site out!! I just loved learning about picture books!!
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