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The article discusses how digital illustration could reimagine the way books are illustrated and the way they work. Digital illustration has been made to mimic traditional techniques, but in the form of ebooks, it could do much more. Images could move across the screen in a way unimaginable on paper. Already, David Macaulay's "Black and White," Art Spiegelman's "Open Me...I'm a Dog!," and David Wiesner's "The Three Pigs" are playing with traditional ideas of books and paper.

The article explains the technique involved in pulp painting, a technique used in illustrating children's books. The technique involves pouring cotton rag fiber that is suspended in water through hand-cut stencils onto a screen, creating an image in handmade paper. The author describes the advantages and disadvantages of the technique.

An interview with picture book writer and illustrator Molly Bang is presented. She describes how she was inspired to start creating children's books. Bang discusses how she decides on the style of each of her books. She also explains differences in her approach to illustrating informational books and other picture books.

The article presents a speech given by Brian Pinkney, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for picture book for his book "The Adventures of Sparrowboy," at the 1997 annual meeting of the New England Library Association. In the article, the author discusses his work as a paperboy and how his idea for the storyline in "The Adventures of Sparrowboy" came about.

The article discusses how picture books of the 1990s possess a unique look that is graphically bold and beautiful. The author reports on the many changes taking place in children's picture books over the past decade and discusses how the world of children's book illustration is witnessing bold new visual voices. Featured books include "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs," by Lane Smith, "Tuesday," by David Wiesner, and "Rain Player," by David Wisniewski.

In the article the author and illustrator of the "Arthur" book series, Marc Brown, recounts his childhood, education, and introduction into writing and illustrating children's books. Brown's first published book was "Arthur's Nose," which evolved out of a bedtime story he was telling his son. Brown states that humor is an important creative element to him and he believes that children learn better when humor is involved in the teaching process.

The article focuses on the publication of the biographies of women in the children literature. Topics discussed include the increase in the popularity of the collected biographies of women such as "Rad American Women A-Z," by Miriam Klein Stahl and Kate Schatz, the collected biographies of women and man, and the publication of the biographies of women in picture books.

The article offers information on the diversity of picture books of children in the U.S. The topics discussed include book printed by William Claxon in 1484 titled "Aesop's Fables," the difficulty of selecting storytime children's books, and the characters that are readily accepted in the published picture books of children.

The article discusses children's picture book biographies. The picture book biography "Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek," written by Deborah Hopkinson and illustrated by John Hendrix, is described in terms of explaining the common elements of this type of book, which is the complementary bridging of text and illustrations. Biographers, it is noted, must choose what facts and stories to tell about their subjects.

Interviews artist and writer Kevin Henkes on his career as a children's book creator. Honor received by Henkes for his picture book "Owen"; Remarks on receiving both a Newbery and Caldecott award; Reason for choosing Greenwillow Books as publisher of his books.

The article presents views on the picture book "Where the Wild Things Are," by Maurice Sendak. The author remarks on the images and illustrations of monsters used by Sendak in the book. Several elements of the art and design of the book are discussed. The author says that Sendak's art has succeeded because he has avoided timebound visual references.

The article focuses on children's books in Taiwan. A background on the children's literature segment of the publishing industry in the country is presented. The article also discusses school and library sales of children's books, the publication of picture books in the country, and the effect of the importation of children's books on Taiwanese readers.