Description
About the Author
Natascha Biebow's favorite crayon color is periwinkle blue because it makes her heart sing. She loves to draw and make stuff, just like Edwin Binney. She lives in London, where she writes, edits, coaches and mentors children's book authors and illustrators at Blue Elephant Storyshaping, and is the long-time Regional Advisor of SCBWI British Isles. The Crayon Man is her first non-fiction picture book. Find her at nataschabiebow.com. Steven Salerno has illustrated many popular picture books for children, including Brothers at Bat and The Fantastic Ferris Wheel (Holt). A graduate of Parsons School of Design, where he studied under famed author/illustrator Maurice Sendak, Steven's illustrations appear in the New York Times as well as magazines, advertising campaigns, product packaging, and retail interiors. He lives and works in New York City. www.stevensalerno.com
Reviews
"British author Biebow's first nonfiction picture book flows with conversational smoothness....The attractive full-page-and, accordingly, brightly colorful-illustrations mix realism and whimsy in Salerno's recognizable style."-Booklist "A colorful addition to the shelves of picture books about inventors and inventions and all things STEAM."-School Library Journal "Readers are likely to be fascinated."-Publishers Weekly "In this chatty, engaging picture book, Biebow provides the historical context around the invention of Crayola crayons....What [Caldecott Medalist] Jon Klassen achieves emotionally in his characters' eyes, Salerno manages with eyebrows here."-Kirkus "Biebow conveys just how revolutionary this now-mundane product was at its inception....Salerno's illustrations of the Binney and Smith workforce, marching around the factory in color-splotched overalls and pursuing their experiments with the zeal of alchemists, keep the visual excitement building."-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books -
Book Information
ISBN 9781328866844
Author Natascha Biebow
Format Hardback
Page Count 48
Imprint Clarion Books
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Weight(grams) 424g
Dimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 10mm