I've been writing children's books for about 6 years and have already had several picture books published with more in development.
I've been described as an 'Animal Artist', not I hasten to add because I'm wild and hairy but because I love to draw animals and especially like to give them human characteristics. I have also done a certain amount of licensed work, illustrating characters such as Postman Pat, Bill and Ben and Sesame Street.
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I've worked in children's television, specifically in character development and most notably in the 'Raggy Doll' series in the mid to late 1980's. A few years ago I was main illustrator for Longman's 'Story Street' reading scheme, illustrating 79 titles and writing 5. I started working as an illustrator when I was in my final year at Art College and now, over 28 years later I still haven't got a proper job! I've illustrated literally hundreds of books, predominantly in educational publishing. When he’s not working, Steve enjoys films, television, gardening and walking in the countryside. Steve is the author of Smelly Peter the Great Pea Eater (Winner of the Sheffield Children's Book Award 2009) and The Lamb Who Came for Dinner (Shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award and read by Meatloaf on CITV's Bookaboo). He also teaches illustration workshops in schools, including mural-painting. Steve has been illustrating children’s books for almost 30 years and writing his own stories for slightly less. Steve is the author of Smelly Peter the Great Pea Eater (Winner of the Sheffield Children's Book Steve Smallman lives in Staffordshire with his wife, two dogs and two cats.
Steve Smallman lives in Staffordshire with his wife, two dogs and two cats. Thus when it is read out loud to children, they are able to connect the enlarged words with the emphasized sounds they are hearing. A great aspect of this book is how it uses different sized fonts to accentuate certain words. The illustrations are more detailed than some picture books geared towards younger audiences, and the dialogue is filled with colloquialisms. It would be useful in lessons that involve maps or social studies topics that focus on Minnesota history and landmarks. This book could easily be incorporated into a geography lesson about the whole state or the Twin Cities specifically. The book mentions several cities including Mankato, Moorhead, Rochestor, Winona, Bloomington, and St. It uses directions to describe different areas of the state such as the Boundary Waters, Iron Range, and Twin Cities. This book incorporates several landmarks and characteristics that are unique to Minnesota.The language is simple enough so that it tells the story. This book has the characteristics of a picture book because each page has large colorful pictures with three to four lines of text.
From there, Santa is able to successfully deliver all of his presents to every child in the state. Paul’s cathedral to lead them out of the storm and onto the dome of the State Capitol. Upon arrival Santa’s sleigh gets caught up in a blizzard and the youngest reindeer uses the bells from St. He uses his GPS “Santa-nav” tool to guide him from the North Pole to Minnesota. This book is about Santa traveling to Minnesota in his sleigh with his reindeer.This book has the characteristics of a pict.
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