Before we had books we had drawings on a wall.
Which books and stories inspire you to draw?
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There are books without words.
There are books with words that need the art to tell the story too. There are books where the words add a hint more beauty or laughter or mystery to what has been drawn on the page.
This is the month to find books with illustrations as well as words, working in a profound synergry that makes both together a hundred times more powerful than they were apart. It doesn’t matter how old you are: picture books are for everyone… to browse, to buy, to borrow, to laugh with or wonder.
Humans have darwn stories without words since we first made marks in the sand of cave walls and rock overhangs - and some of that rock art tradition is still carried out today, a continuous and profound lineage of some of the most ancient unbroken civilisations in the world.
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1. Follow UK Children's Laureate Chris Riddell's doodle a day
2. Use the Draw a Story book list below to hunt out each book at your library and investigate how each illustration was created...
3. Research your favourite illustrators, read interviews about how they work and where they get their ideas from.
4. If you are based in Tasmania join us for a FREE Jackie French event at Windermere Primary School as part of Jackie's Everyone Can Read tour, Thursday 15th October.
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The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Bruce Ingman
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Ready, Set, Skip! by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Ann James (in celebration of MONA's skipathon!)
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Smile by Raina Telgemeier (10+)
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The Deep by Tom Taylor & James Brouwer (10+)
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