| If Found... Please Return to Elise Gravel Contributor(s): Gravel, Elise (Author), Adriance, Shira (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1770462783 ISBN-13: 9781770462786 Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary |
| Dewey: 741.597 |
| Lexile Measure: 590 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.8" W x 9.1" (0.90 lbs) 100 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 190239 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Welcome to the charming world of cartoonist Elise Gravel's notebook, where her imagination runs wild with creatures of all shapes and sizes In the outrageously amusing If Found...Please Return to Elise Gravel, Elise Gravel offers readers a sneak peek into her sketchbook, where colorful monsters, imaginary friends, a grumpy things reign supreme. Meet Donald, who sings off-key; Francine, who likes to eat stones; and Marvin, the man with lots of stuff in his beard. Mixing the real with the fantastical, Elise's drawings exude curiosity, as microbes and mushrooms share the page with speckled pepper pops, gloppers, and floofs. Filled to the brim with vibrant felt marker illustrations, If Found... is not just an exhibition of Gravel's work, but a challenge to young artists to keep a daily sketchbook. She reveals her top tips to becoming a successful illustrator--practice practice practice --while empowering young artists to face their fears of making "ugly drawings." Stop worrying about what makes a drawing good or bad--Elise draws anything and everything and you can too |
Contributor Bio(s): Gravel, Elise: - Having completed her studies in graphic design, Elise Gravel found herself quickly swept up into the glamorous world of illustration. She is the author and illustrator of Jessie Elliot Is a Big Chicken. Her old design habits drive her to work a little text here and there into her drawings and she loves to handle the design of her assignments from start to finish. She is inspired by social causes and is turned on by projects which can handle a good dose of eccentricity. She lives in Montreal. |