Ready to build a picture book? First, you'll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writer's Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you'll be writing and showing stories like a pro!

A picture book about making a picture book takes a step-by-step approach to explaining how a book is created, from an initial idea through the final product.

Children's picturebooks are the very first books we encounter, and they form an important, constantly evolving, and dynamic sector of the publishing world. But what does it take to create a successful picturebook for children? In seven chapters, this book covers the key stages of conceiving a narrative, creating a visual language and developing storyboards and design of a picturebook. The book includes interviews with leading children's picturebook...

Eric Carle, the creator of more than 70 children's books, talks about his life and his creative process. Watch as the author creates his pictures, remembers his childhood, and reflects on his life.