I bought this book several months ago whilst carrying out my creative research project. The book written by Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles will most likely become a reference book that I will look to many times in the future. The reason being that all manner of topics are covered and each time I am researching a variety of areas within picture books I will find some kind of useful information or be lead to another useful resource from this book.
There are several areas or topics that I have highlighted within the book that may become useful to my research towards this particular project. The chapter suitable for children talks on issues such as man's inhumanity to man, violence and death. All topics which are regarded as slightly taboo, however these are real life topics. These generate more interest in me and are things that I feel should be discussed with children and also highlighted to adults as issues to be raised. These types of issues also give me something far more gritty to work with and therefore create more of a challenge to me as an artist. The stories and images would require far more thought into how such subjects may be approached. What questions do I want to be asked, what discussions do I want to open up, and probably more importantly what is it about these types of subjects that interest me? Through this project and my research I hope to find answers to some of these questions.
Other areas show more of the workings or sketchbooks of picture book artists. Topics of traditions, perceptions of what picture books are, responses to picture books are all discussed within this book. This book also signifies to me the progress I am making as I actually met Martin when I was down in Cambridge a few weeks ago. Some of the highlighted areas of interest are shown below although I will go into more detail when required such as in my research proposal.
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