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Booking Through ThursdayBooking Through Thursday: Illustrious: 03/11/10

How do you feel about illustrations in your books? Graphs? Photos? Sketches?

I love artwork in books, be it a graph, a photo, a sketch or maybe an entire graphic novel. That being said, the artwork should be appropriate for the book and contribute to it some how. Ugly or off topic art will distract from the experience of reading the book.

The last two years I've been able to parlay my love of illustrations into being a second panel judge for the Cybils in the graphic novels category. I hope they'll have me back next year!

My two main sources of illustrated books come in the form of graphic novels / manga and the picture books I read to my children. Graphic novels account for 4% of my total reading and picture books account for 10% of my yearly reading.

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Comment #1: Thursday, March, 11, 2010 at 07:06:58

Amy

I don't read many graphic novels and didn't mention any in my post since I know so little. I'll have to check out a few on your list. Here's mine.



Comment #2: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:54:07

Pussreboots

I only mentioned them since my participation in the Cybils has made me think of them with a more critical eye than I used to.



Comment #3: Thursday, March, 11, 2010 at 08:07:20

JLS Hall (Joy's Blog)

Wow! Thanks so much for the graphic novels list. I've never found any that really appealed to me, but now I have lots of suggestions to try.



Comment #4: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 12:58:08

Pussreboots

Graphic novels come in the same range of genres that regular books do. Look for something in the genre you're most comfortable with.



Comment #5: Thursday, March, 11, 2010 at 08:32:45

Kat

I think it's a given that graphic novels & picture books would have illustrations as their lifeblood. I love comics myself. :D



Comment #6: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 13:00:38

Pussreboots

I know... I went with the obvious answer. But I am reading more and more of them so they were the first things to come to mind.



Comment #7: Thursday, March, 11, 2010 at 09:15:40

Kristen

I get totally sidetracked by illustrations so it's better for me when they are in picture books. I'm actually thinking of trying a graphic novel but given my problem with the whole lack of attention, I don't know how it's going to go.



Comment #8: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 13:02:19

Pussreboots

Try graphic novels written for children. They're shorter and less distracting. You could even try something like the Owly series which has no text at all!



Comment #9: Thursday, March, 11, 2010 at 11:16:12

Barbara

Can you suggest a graphic novel for me? Stitches, perhaps?

Here's my answer



Comment #10: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 13:05:11

Pussreboots

Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack both by Shannon Hale are by far my favorite graphic novels.



Comment #11: Thursday, March, 11, 2010 at 13:33:14

Freda

I think there is a time and place for everything.



Comment #12: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 13:07:33

Pussreboots

Yes.



Comment #13: Thursday, March, 11, 2010 at 18:53:11

Yvonne

It depends on the book. If it fits the story, I'm okay with it.



Comment #14: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:23:58

Pussreboots

Of course. All the parts of a book need to work together.



Comment #15: Friday, March, 12, 2010 at 03:18:50

Paul Stickland

Many thanks for mentioning my book Dinosaur Roar in your blog. Your readers may be interested in my blog which gives you some background to the business of creating new books for children and if you have any dinosaur mad kids, they might be interested in Dinosaur Dinosaur, which shows some of the fabulous kids and baby clothing, posters cards and invitations featuring the crazy characters from my books.



Comment #16: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:27:31

Pussreboots

Thank you for your comment and for both links.



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