Comments on: Face Out: Picture Book Covers http://www.hbook.com/2012/11/choosing-books/face-out-picture-book-covers/ Publications about books for children and young adults Mon, 13 May 2013 16:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Sue Wars http://www.hbook.com/2012/11/choosing-books/face-out-picture-book-covers/#comment-37793 Sue Wars Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:48:27 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=18813#comment-37793 I'm not in favor of truly misleading book covers in children's books or titles either for that matter. It is annoying when you view the book's cover for purchase or order on line and find out the content isn't at all what you expected as the cover may have indicated. Contemporary design may send an abstract message that is intriguing and you expect the unexpected content. It is pulling you in just as a clever connection-to-story image would do, and yet revealing the temperament of the content inside. And the door has opened to your minds eye. A pleasant experience. I’m not in favor of truly misleading book covers in children’s books or titles either for that matter.
It is annoying when you view the book’s cover for purchase or order on line and find out the content isn’t at all what you expected as the cover may have indicated. Contemporary design may send an abstract message that is intriguing and you expect the unexpected content. It is pulling you in just as a clever connection-to-story image would do, and yet revealing the temperament of the content inside. And the door has opened to your minds eye. A pleasant experience.

]]> By: CL Frey http://www.hbook.com/2012/11/choosing-books/face-out-picture-book-covers/#comment-25474 CL Frey Tue, 11 Dec 2012 06:04:31 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=18813#comment-25474 I've always loved Marcellino's Puss in Boots. Hearing the story behind its fabulous cover makes me love it even more. Thank you for the article! I’ve always loved Marcellino’s Puss in Boots. Hearing the story behind its fabulous cover makes me love it even more. Thank you for the article!

]]> By: O Come All Ye Faithful? — The Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/2012/11/choosing-books/face-out-picture-book-covers/#comment-24127 O Come All Ye Faithful? — The Horn Book Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:45:21 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=18813#comment-24127 [...] Come All Ye Faithful? November 29, 2012 By Roger Sutton Leave a Comment Don’t miss Leonard Marcus’s latest column about picture book covers, and speaking of that, SLJ stalwart Rocco Staino reports on a gallery of ‘em that would make [...] [...] Come All Ye Faithful? November 29, 2012 By Roger Sutton Leave a Comment Don’t miss Leonard Marcus’s latest column about picture book covers, and speaking of that, SLJ stalwart Rocco Staino reports on a gallery of ‘em that would make [...]

]]> By: Laura Purdie Salas http://www.hbook.com/2012/11/choosing-books/face-out-picture-book-covers/#comment-24052 Laura Purdie Salas Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:59:19 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=18813#comment-24052 Great essay--that last line says it all. I'm open to lots of kinds of covers, but I do not want to be misled about what will follow. Can't wait to read your Madeleine L'Engle book, by the way. It's on my Christmas list! Great essay–that last line says it all. I’m open to lots of kinds of covers, but I do not want to be misled about what will follow.

Can’t wait to read your Madeleine L’Engle book, by the way. It’s on my Christmas list!

]]> By: Martha Freeman http://www.hbook.com/2012/11/choosing-books/face-out-picture-book-covers/#comment-24051 Martha Freeman Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:07:53 +0000 http://www.hbook.com/?p=18813#comment-24051 Is this really a trend? What about the subdued covers for Mo Willems' wildly successful pigeon books (or any of his books) and Jon Klassen's books? Is this really a trend? What about the subdued covers for Mo Willems’ wildly successful pigeon books (or any of his books) and Jon Klassen’s books?

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