http://www.nynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070608/LIFESTYLE01/306080001
Excerpt:
Perhaps readers cherish children's books, because they contain an
economy of purpose that is both their hallmark and a creative
challenge.
"Sometimes you have complex ideas that you have to simplify," says
Velasquez, who notes that his original version of "Grandma's Records"
was almost twice as long as the book published by Walker & Co. "You
have to say the most with the least amount of words."
"It's like writing poetry. ... And the two things - the art and the
writing - work together," says Croton-on-Hudson's Susan Jeffers, well-
known as a writer-illustrator ("My Pony") and as the artist behind the
popular "McDuff" series (also published by Hyperion), about a rascally
West Highland terrier. (Jeffers has a Westie of her own, McIvor.)
(end of excerpt)
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