Books with illustrations or without?
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Re: Books with illustrations or without?
- sammi8764
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Maps are the best. I have read many a book where I wished a map had come with the book. When there is a map included, I often mind myself flipping back frequently to consult it. In a few books I have read, a map or house plan was actually critical to understanding the action.
Illustrations of the scenes ... hm. My kids like chapter books with about one illustration a chapter. Flipping thru the illustrations, they get intrigued and are motivated to keep reading. For this, I prefer line drawings. Hate illustrations obviously done on a computer.
As a big person, I don't need illustrations throughout, but for the cover, I do prefer a good painting over a photograph or an abstract image. I like to get an initial mental image of the character, which I can then develop as the book progresses. Pet peeve: cover artists who have not read the book carefully enough. A character's hair is the wrong color, or maybe they even lack a beard that the book says they have, or something like that.
This is why I also like a bit of physical description at the beginning. It helps me keep track of the characters, plus I hate to go through half a book having one mental image of a character, only to be forced to change it by an offhand reference to "her blond hair" or "his beard." WHAT? She's a brunette! Didn't you get the memo, author?
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But I'm a big girl now so no pictures!
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