Wings of an Artist: Children's Book Illustrators Talk about Their Art

by Julie Cummins

More than 20 celebrated children's book illustrators offer their thoughts about art and the creative muse that inspires them in this outstanding collection.

Graeme Base --
David Catrow --
David Diaz --
Leo and Diane Dillon --
Henrik Drescher --
Richard Egielski --
Diane Greenseid --
Woodleigh Marx Hubbard --
Susan Jeffers --
Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher --
William Joyce --
Maira Kalman --
Michael McCurdy --
Susan Meddaugh --
Paul Meisel --
James Ransome --
Robert Sabuda --
Maurice Sendak --
David Small --
Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng --
Invitations to fly: An activity guide

Genres: Art

32 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1999

About the author

Julie Cummins has milked cows and climbed silos, ridden subways and lived in a high-rise. She currently lives in New York City, where she has a spectacular view of the Empire State Building, and vacations in the country, where she enjoys the lake views.

Reviews

[Jeannette · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am a sucker for anything related to children’s book art. But this was too thin. I would have liked more.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish this was about 500 pages longer!

[Sonu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book, i gave 4 star because of Maurice sendak. There should be more illustrators in book. Small content.

[Amber the Human · Rating 3 out of 5]

I checked this out because it had a contribution from Maira Kalman. The rest of the book was definitely very bright, and colorful, but somehow didn't inspire me to grab pen and paper and write down the other illustrators names. Oh well, it was a fun book to look through at the time, and I'm sure I'll run into those artists down the line.

[June Pecchia]

Great set of interviews of outstanding artists.