Karen Yin: To me, picture books are flash fiction for children. What prompted the leap from writing flash fiction to picture books? Karen Yin: Patience, persistence, and pie.ī. Any advice for beginning, not-yet-published #kidlit writers? Q 4. Congratulations on your debut picture book!Ī. Interior WHOLE WHALE by Karen Yin, Illustrated by Nelleke Verhoeff, Barefoot Books Her creative approach matches my raucous text beautifully.
I’m so glad Barefoot Books paired us together. I can’t get enough of her whimsical animals. In reality, the repetition had potential to look like wrapping paper, so Nelleke had a cool idea: She zooms in on different animals and plays with size, perspective, and personality as the book fills up. I envisioned the spreads filling up with creatures crammed every which way, making the inclusion of a whole blue whale unimaginable. Karen Yin: In this meta story, one hundred animals congregate in the pages of the book. Were there any surprises that illustrator Nelleke Verhoeff brought to the book?
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