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The socalled golden age of childrens illustrated booksa period dating from around 1880 to the early twentieth centuryis today regarded as a literary epoch that produced some of the finest works of art ever created for childrens literature. Dks childrens illustrated encyclopedia brings history, nature, geography, and science to life with a clear, childfriendly style and more than 3,000 illustrations, photos, cutaways, and. Jun 06, 2014 so youre going to illustrate a childrens book. Theyll find over 500 articles arranged from az on subjects they need to know about, all illustrated with dramatic photos, cutaways, charts and maps. Childrens illustrated history atlas visual encyclopedia. Emily hughess mixed media illustrations in this book are breathtaking. The 1980s were like a totally awesome decade, dude. Then two bears stroll into her life the book has recently been republished, which is amazing, if only.
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