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In Flight with David McPhail: A Creative Autobiography
This text follows David McPhail through childhood memories, meetings with his publisher, and the many stages that one drawing can go through. The reader learns the reason why he draws pigs a lot, and finds out how the illustrator knows that he has drawn good rain.
Hardcover
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42 pages
Published
May 6th 1996
by Heinemann Educational Books
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I'm a fan of David McPhail's work. This autobiograohy (with illustrations) is a great way to show kids "how they do it". It's mainly about his processes and influences and he explains how a book is made from idea to final proof.
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David was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts and attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. While there, he began illustrating. He is now an award-winning author and illustrator of nearly 200 books beloved by children, parents and librarians across the United States. McPhail has garnered many prestigious awards, including a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year
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