CHILDREN'S BOOKS; A few good catches from the stream of picture books.(ENTERTAINMENT)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: November 4, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: L.K. Hanson; Staff Writer

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An artist by trade, I spend much of my working day doing illustrations. I spend a lot of time hanging out in bookstores, looking at and buying illustrated books of all kinds, mostly because I love them.

The stream of illustrated children's books is never-ending. Go to any new or used bookstore and you'll find walls and walls of brightly colored illustrated books, many of them, from this illustrator's viewpoint, incredibly bad. But there are always some wonders, gems and magical works that make one happy to be in the ...

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