In Flight with David McPhail: A Creative Autobiography (Creative Sparks)

By David McPhail

Book Overview

This text follows David McPhail through childhood memories, meetings with his publisher, and the many stages that one drawing can go through. The reader learns the reason why he draws pigs a lot, and finds out how the illustrator knows that he has drawn good rain.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435081322
• ISBN13: 9780435081324
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

McPhail is magical once again

David McPhail is one of my son's favorite authors. We never tire of his simple but evocative drawings and prose. This mini-autobiography is equally exquisite not only in its description of the writing/illustrating process, but also its insight. My son especially enjoyed learning about how an inspiration becomes a book in your hands - a more complicated process than many of us realize. McPhail's description of the process not only makes it feel do-able for a child, but beautifully depicts the teamwork aspects, ending up with a lovely sense of the magic of the writing experience. Another author whose autobiography is equally wonderul, but for slightly older children, is Cynthia Rylant's book entitled But I'll Be Back Again. If you love David McPhail's books, don't miss our favorites: The Fix-It Man; The Bear's Toothache. And, if you are curious about Cynthia Rylant's writing, be sure to read her book for young adults Missing May in addition to the fabulous Henry and Mudge series for little kids of all ages!