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How This Book Was Made
How This Book Was Made | Mac Barnett
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You may think you know how this book was made, but you don't. Sure, the author wrote many drafts, and the illustrator took a long time creating the art, but then what? How'd it get into your hands? Well, open the cover and read through these pages to find out. Just beware of the pirates and angry tiger. New York Times best-selling creators Mac Barnett and Adam Rex reveal the nitty gritty process of making a book . . . with a few unexpected twists along the way! Budding writers and artists will laugh at the mix of reality and the absurd as the story makes its way to a shelf, and a reader.
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Sharpeipup
How This Book Was Made | Mac Barnett
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“(An editor) is like a teacher, only she works in a skyscraper and is always eating fancy lunches.”

#childrensbook #teachersoflitsy

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bitterbear
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How This Book Was Made | Mac Barnett
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http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/2016/09/12/publishing-101-how-a-book-gets-pub...

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bitterbear
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How This Book Was Made | Mac Barnett
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#secretsntagoespostal #summersantagoespostal it's here!!! I was so stressed out.. I thought it went to the wrong apartment... ALSO!!! tricky tricky I can't thank you till later... 😘😘😘 @BookishMarginalia
#summersolsticebookexchange

BookishMarginalia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y
bitterbear @BookishMarginalia Thank you for organizing this... 😘😘 7y
BookishMarginalia You're most welcome! I think it's necessary to have these fun, bookish things to look forward to and replenish the spirit. 💜 7y
tpixie 💖💖💖 7y
bitterbear @tpixie 😊😊😊 7y
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helgagrace
helgagrace
How This Book Was Made | Mac Barnett
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This description of his editor cracks me up

LindsayReads I heard that really rubbed his publisher the wrong way. I have no idea why. 🙄 7y
tpixie @LindsayReads interesting! Book sounds fun. Maybe told too close to truth. 7y
Gina That is fantastic 7y
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Theresa
Theresa
How This Book Was Made | Mac Barnett
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"...a book can have words and pictures and paper and tigers, but a book still isn't a book, not really, until it has a reader." ❤️??

Dragon So true , good quote.😀 8y
tpixie Great quote!!! 7y
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Theresa
Theresa
How This Book Was Made | Mac Barnett
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One last post from a day of bookish goodness at #dbf2016. Session about the wonders of childhood with authors including Mac Barnett, Mahogany Brown, & Anis Mojgani. Now, a glass of wine as I ponder the day & plan for Day 2 tomorrow.

tpixie What was #dbf2016? 7y
Theresa Decatur Book Festival, in Decatur GA which is an Atlanta suburb. It's every Labor Day weekend. 2016 was the 1st year I attended & it was wonderful!! 7y
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