From Puppies to P is for Poutine 

 

Using drafts of manuscripts, sketches, original illustrations, and page layouts of Doggie in the Window and F as for French, Elaine explains the relationship between author and illustrator, and the multiple stages of creating a book from inspiration to the final publication. 

The author reads Doggie in the Window and shows the other titles in the same series published in French and in other languages.

In the workshop the children brainstorm a situation in which Doggie finds himself, for example, taking a bath. To help them understand plot development, we create a storyline by imagining what just happened that led up to the bath scene and what is about to happen. The children create a page in a book by drawing a picture of one of the scenes and finally transcribing the short text from the plot we just created.

This workshop teaches basic plot development, and how each illustrator imagines the same scene in a unique way.

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