Illustrator Study

Assignment: Illustrator Study (2-3 pages) Write a 2-3 page paper evaluating books by, and summarizing the career of, an award-winning illustrator. Use the free Grammarly (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) app to aid in proofreading and revising your paper.

If you are not a strong writer, submit your paper to Upswing for feedback before turning it in. When finalized, upload your paper to TurnItIn through the Canvas assignment folder. Choose one of these illustrators: Kadir Nelson, Jerry Pinkney, Gregory Christie, Chris Van Allsburg, Brian Selznick, Paul Zelinsky, Melissa Sweet, Ashley Bryan, C. Gregory Christie, Bryan Collier, Floyd Cooper, David Wiesner, Kevin Henkes, Chris Raschka, Christian Robinson, Jon Klassen, Mo Willems, Ed Young, or E. B. Lewis. Identify four of the illustrator’s books, including at least two award winners.

For each book, write a 1-2 paragraph review evaluating both the illustrations and the text. As reference, you may consult but not quote published editorial reviews from publishers’, illustrator’s or booksellers’ web sites. Those reviews may help you to discuss artistic media and literary styles. Also write a brief biography of the illustrator, citing background, career highlights and other books he or she has illustrated. Include all books discussed and references used in a bibliography in MLA style.

See the two examples below. You may also use Microsoft Word’s reference tab to create citations for your bibliography or use an online citation maker (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) Book with a different author and illustrator Weatherford, Carole. Ill. by Eric Velasquez. I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer. Bloomsbury, 2008. Book authored by the illustrator Ransome, James. When the Bell Rang. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2019.