Illustrating a Picture Book: Part 1 - Getting Started

To celebrate the upcoming release of my very first picture book  TWILIGHT CHANT (written by Holly Thompson, and published by Clarion) I'm doing a series of posts on the process of creating the book, counting down to the release on March 20! I also have a giveaway, so stay tuned! 
Working on the pagenation, initial thumbnails.My lovely agent, Jen Rofé, sent me the manuscript for TWILIGHT CHANT in the spring of 2016, and as I read the soft, rhythmic language of the poem I immediate...