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BookPrinted Material
Author Aliki, author, illustrator.

Title How a book is made / written and illustrated by Aliki.

Publication Info. New York : Thomas Y. Crowell, [1986]
©1986

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 686 Alidi How 1986    Available  ---  Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Description 32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
age Children
Series Reading rainbow book
Reading rainbow book.
Note Aliki Liacouras Brandenberg (pen name Aliki) is an American author and illustrator of books for children. Brandenberg was born in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, to James Peter and Stella (née Lagakos) Liacouras. Her parents, who lived in Philadelphia, were originally from Greece, and they taught her to speak Greek as a first language. She started to draw at an early age, and her parents enrolled her in art classes. After graduating from the Philadelphia Museum School of Art in 1951, Brandenberg worked briefly at the J.C. Penney Company in New York, in that company's display department. She then moved back to Philadelphia and worked as a freelance artist, creating art for advertising and display purposes. She also taught classes in art, worked as a muralist, and started a greeting card company. In 1956 Brandenberg decided to explore her Greek heritage, as well as many other parts of Europe. During her travels she met Franz Brandenberg, whom she married the following year. After moving to Franz's native Switzerland, Brandenberg wrote her first book The Story of William Tell, about the legendary Swiss archer. The book, published in 1960, was well received. Brandenberg and her husband moved to New York, where Brandenberg began in earnest her long career as an illustrator and author of books for children. Since 1977 Brandenberg and her husband Franz have lived in London, England, where she continues to write books for children.
Summary Describes the stages in making a book, starting with the writing of the manuscript and the drawing of the pictures, and explaining all the technical processes leading to printed and bound copies.
Provenance Gift of Phyllis Fantauzzo.
Subject Books -- Juvenile literature.
Books.
Book industries and trade -- Juvenile literature.
Book industries and trade.
Publishers and publishing -- Juvenile literature.
Publishers and publishing.
Printing -- Juvenile literature.
Printing.
Genre/Form Juvenile works.
Added Author Thomas Y. Crowell Company, publisher.
ISBN 0690044968 (hardcover)
9780690044966 (hardcover)
0690044984 (library binding)
9780690044980 (library binding)