tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post2241147105294938883..comments2024-03-15T10:48:13.261+00:00Comments on Picture Book Den: WHAT LIES WITHIN: Cross sections and cutaways in picture books • Jonathan EmmettUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-44202140774346529552023-07-18T10:40:48.460+01:002023-07-18T10:40:48.460+01:00Wow! I have to thank you for this article.
I have...Wow! I have to thank you for this article.<br /><br />I have been looking for Full Moon Soup for *two decades* based on my childhood memories (I used to read it at the library when I was 7-10)! I couldn't find the title or the author.<br /><br />I just stumbled across this article by chance, I was just looking for sectional view of ships...Yoskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935785531338975979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-28854764437688698922021-09-22T00:16:37.315+01:002021-09-22T00:16:37.315+01:00Hello Hoets, I'm looking for a similar book, w...Hello Hoets, I'm looking for a similar book, with lots of cross sectioned houses, where one of the mazes is a burglar, trying to make it through a house without bumping into the family, or reaching a 'dead end' with a blocked door. <br /><br />I haven't had any luck so far, but will update if I find the title, author, or subgenre title!<br /><br />Does this sound familiar to anyone else?<br /><br />Noranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-69086186269618486952017-12-20T15:07:50.970+00:002017-12-20T15:07:50.970+00:00Hello. I need some help hunting down an epic and f...Hello. I need some help hunting down an epic and fantastic book. And I cannot for the life of me remember the name...<br /><br />It was reminiscent of the Where's Wally type of book, but more beautifully drawn (in my opinion). It was similar in some ways to David Macauley's Way Things Work book, in that it had little people inside large structures. It was not a search book exactly, more like a maze book. It had lot's of tiny people, but inside machines and little factories. I remember one chapter had a red space station where asteroids were carved into stars (carved rocks painted yellow..).<br />Another chapter was of a bobble hat factory.<br />Another was a cake factory. Some paths led to dead ends, or dud cakes/stars/bobble hats etc.<br /><br />The artwork was lovingly drawn with all sorts of things going on around, and yet calmer than similar book. It felt like it must have been from the mid-90s. Can any of you remember it at all? Wah,it was a fantastic book. I can picture the artwork, but I have been Google-image searching, looking around amazon, and Pinteresting with no luck.Hoetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558947658690626825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-24771046318619212772016-06-13T11:25:44.211+01:002016-06-13T11:25:44.211+01:00Great -I've spent hours poring over such books...Great -I've spent hours poring over such books with my children, especially ones where you're looking into someone's house or shop... Thanks.Juliet Clare Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020801246132751659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-91738897600852344942016-06-09T11:25:39.072+01:002016-06-09T11:25:39.072+01:00Delicious. Books with illustrations this detailed ...Delicious. Books with illustrations this detailed offer so much value. Years of fun!Michelle Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620246793467493696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-88425211883290217692016-06-07T21:00:39.355+01:002016-06-07T21:00:39.355+01:00Really interesting post, Jonathan! Cross-sections ...Really interesting post, Jonathan! Cross-sections are fascinating - you disappear into them, wanting to see every little nook. I need to check out the Full Moon books.Patricia Tohthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878871084215411303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-74900571256107410872016-06-06T15:45:27.643+01:002016-06-06T15:45:27.643+01:00Glad to hear the illustrators were well paid. Some...Glad to hear the illustrators were well paid. Some of those DK illustrations must have taken weeks to do.<br /><br />It's funny that you mention dolls houses. I've been exchanging tweets about cross sections on twitter and had just said that their appeal is very similar to dolls houses.Jonathan Emmetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413964991466780348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758609568631190155.post-18189512294766696432016-06-06T14:12:16.436+01:002016-06-06T14:12:16.436+01:00Yup, I wrote a few! I used to get given the DK mac...Yup, I wrote a few! I used to get given the DK machine ones and my engineer Dad and uncle used to help me. We were a great writing team! The artists used to get paid really well, and rightly so. The cross-sections were lots of work but now those non-fiction budgets have sadly disappeared. I love cross-sections/cutaways in picture books though. Such a lot to pore over. How satisfying! Full Moon looks fantastic. I think lots of children love sitting poring over detail. I know I was one of those children. I loved intricate doll's houses and those funny busy pictures at the beginning and end of Beano Annuals. Moira Butterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355420549929911500noreply@blogger.com