PART I. History -- Pictures for childhood -- The earlier books -- England after 1800 -- Europe from 1800 on -- America: the earlier years -- Howard Pyle and the Brandywine tradition -- The American accent -- Toward the present -- Matters ponderable and imponderable -- PART II. Technique and production -- The illustrator in the children's world. The picturebook age ; Learning to read ; The most important reading age ; Towards adulthood ; Observing children -- The structure of the book. The book jacket ; The casing ; The end papers ; The front matter ; The body of the book -- Typography and book design -- Methods of reproduction. Relief ; Intaglio ; Planographic -- Preparing pictures for reproduction. Bleeds ; Sizes in reproduction ; Drawing for the line cut ; Color separations for line reproduction ; Halftone effects in line ; Drawing for halftone -- PART III. Professional practice -- Handling an assignment -- Getting work. Portfolio presentation -- The field today
