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Illustration Friday: Safe (again)

SAFE—As before this book is not available and was not written by Scott E Franson. What is different about this new book is that it happened by accident as I was working on a different project. It is also based…

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Illustration Friday: Safe

SNOUT is a bedtime story in the great tradition of JAWS. This book was not written or illustrated by Scott E Franson and will never be at a bookstore near you.

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The Anatomy of a Picture Book

There are some basic things that an author or illustrator of picture books should know about a picture book. The Anatomy of a Picture Book is a pdf file that can be downloaded. It contains some very basic information for…

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Picture Book Basics and Design

I recently finished my first Children’s Picture book UnBrella. I have been thinking about the information that I needed to ask along the way. Therefore, I have begun to compile some basic information that may be of some use to…

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