Maurice Sendak, Rosemary Wells, Eric Carle, and twenty other children's book illustrators speak informally to children about their art and careers. Includes fold-out pages with photographs of early work, studios, materials, sketches, and finished works, as well as self-portraits.

Includes fold-out pages.

A note from Eric Carle -- Mitsumasa Anno -- Quentin Blake -- Ashley Bryan -- Nancy Ekholm Burkert -- Eric Carle -- Tomie dePaola -- Jane Dyer -- Mordicai Gerstein -- Robert Ingpen -- Steven Kellogg -- Leo Lionni -- Petra Mathers -- Wendell Minor -- Barry Moser -- Jerry Pinkney -- Alice Provensen -- Maurice Sendak -- Gennady Spirin -- Chris Van Allsburg -- Rosemary Wells -- Paul O. Zelinsky -- Robert Sabuda & Matthew Reinhart -- A note from Nick Clark, museum director -- Biographies of the artists -- Selected bibliography of the artists.