Child & Picture: The Illustration Elements in Children’s & YA Books. Vol. 2 (review)

The second volume is an introduction to illustrations in books for children and young adults. This volume also analyzes the obstacles in doing research and criticism in Children’s book illustration. Child & Picture: Illustration Elements in Children & YA Books consists of four sections and eight chapters. In section one the visual components of drawing found in the illustration of children’s books has been discussed. The first chapter analyses the process of drawing to illustration. The second chapter discusses the visual elements in illustrating. Third chapter deals with different techniques of illustrating. The fourth chapter considers the artistic techniques in illustrating. In section two, the literary components in illustration has been highlighted and includes chapter five and six. In chapter five the narrative components of illustration has been evaluated and in chapter six picture books are on the focus. In section three the indigenous elements in illustrating have been examined. In section four the works of world’s illustrators and their techniques has been introduced.