A book takes root : the making of a picture book / by Michael Kehoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kehoe, Michael.

Contributor:

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Picture books for children--Publishing--United States--Juvenile literature.

Picture books for children.

Picture books for children--Publishing.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

48 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Minneapolis, MN] : [First Avenue Editions, c/o The Lerner Group], [1993.]

Summary:

Traces the process of making a picture book, from idea to manuscript to final publication.

Contents:

The author

At the publisher

The artist and the designer

The typesetter and the keyliner

Preparing to print

At the printer

At the bindery

Glossary.

Notes:

Designed by Atha Tehon.

"This book is available on two editions. Library binding by Carolrhoda Books, Inc. Soft cover by First Avenue Editions ..."

"Every publisher works a little differently from every other, and the same holds true for typographers and printers ... 'A Book Takes Root' shows but one variation ..."

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

ISBN:

92032534

087614847x

OCLC:

966520219