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What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Douglas Florian

h1 June 12th, 2015 by jules


“Drawing dragons isn’t hard.
Drag a dragon to your yard.”
(Click to enlarge spread)


 

Today over at Kirkus, I’ve got a round-up of some very summer’y picture books, and that link is here.

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Since I wrote here last week about Douglas Florian’s How to Draw a Dragon (Beach Lane/Simon & Schuster, April 2015), I’ve got some spreads from it today.

Enjoy.

[Please note: The type in the spreads pictured here differs from the type in the final version of the book.]



 


“Dragons may be large in size.
You’ll need lots of art supplies.”
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“Dragons, when they wake, are grumpy.
And their heads are rather bumpy.”
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“Soothe your dragon with a song
as you draw his teeth so long.”
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“Careful when you draw each claw.
Dragons also love to draw!”
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“Draw your dragon’s pointed spines
using lots of jagged lines.”
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HOW TO DRAW A DRAGON. Copyright © 2015 by Douglas Florian. Published by Beach Lane Books, New York. Spreads reproduced by permission of the publisher.





One comment to “What I’m Doing at Kirkus This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Douglas Florian”

  1. This looks awesome! So much creativity in one person–I always like to see what Douglas Florian is up to next. Must get this book!

         by Laura Purdie Salas June 17th, 2015 at 1:57 pm

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