Editing Picture book (section)

=== Early illustrated books ===
[[Image:orbispictus.JPG|thumb|right|A reprint of the 1658 illustrated ''[[Orbis Pictus]]'']]
The production of illustrated books dates back to the earliest days of bookbinding. Medieval [[illuminated manuscript]]s were commissioned by the rich, and drawn by religious scribes. Perhaps the most important tradition of medieval art in regard to the development of picture books is the [[Poor Man's Bible]], which sought to make illustrations of important Biblical events so that they could be understood by the illiterate. These illustrations were generally found either on [[stained glass]] windows, or as illuminations in [[Biblia pauperum|Paupers' Bibles]].

''[[Orbis Pictus]]'' from 1658 by [[John Amos Comenius]] was the earliest illustrated book specifically for children. It is something of a children's [[encyclopedia]] and is illustrated by [[woodcut]]s.<ref>Hunt, p. 217</ref> ''[[A Little Pretty Pocket-Book]]'' from 1744 by [[John Newbery]] was the earliest illustrated storybook marketed as pleasure reading in English.<ref>Hunt, p. 668</ref> In Japan, ''[[kibyoshi]]'' were picture books from the 18th century, and are seen as a precursor to [[manga]].<ref name ="Kern 2006">{{cite book |last=Kern |first=Adam |year=2006 |title=Manga from the Floating World: Comicbook Culture and the Kibyoshi of Edo Japan |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=0-674-02266-1}}</ref> Examples of 18th-century Japanese picture books include works such as [[Santō Kyōden]]'s ''Shiji no yukikai'' (1798).<ref>{{Cite web |title = Santō Kyōden's picturebooks |url = http://heartland.geocities.jp/hamasakaba/44kyoden/ |access-date = 2018-08-14 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160106014407/http://heartland.geocities.jp/hamasakaba/44kyoden/ |archive-date = 2016-01-06 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Shiji no yukikai (Japanese National Diet Library) | url = http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2534277/5?contentNo=5&itemId=info%3Andljp%2Fpid%2F2534277&__lang=en}}</ref>

The German children's books ''[[Struwwelpeter]]'' (literally "Shaggy-Peter") from 1845 by [[Heinrich Hoffmann (author)|Heinrich Hoffmann]], and ''[[Max and Moritz]]'' from 1865 by [[Wilhelm Busch]], were among the earliest examples of modern picturebook design. Collections of [[Fairy tale]]s from the early nineteenth century, like those by the [[Grimm's Fairy Tales|Brothers Grimm]] or [[Hans Christian Andersen]] were sparsely illustrated, but beginning in the middle of the century, collections were published with images by illustrators like [[Gustave Doré]], [[Fedor Flinzer]], [[George Cruikshank]],<ref>Hunt, p. 221</ref> [[Vilhelm Pedersen]], [[Ivan Bilibin]] and [[John Bauer (illustrator)|John Bauer]]. [[Andrew Lang's Fairy Books|Andrew Lang's twelve Fairy Books]] published between 1889 and 1910 were illustrated by among others [[Henry Justice Ford|Henry J. Ford]] and [[Lancelot Speed]]. [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', illustrated by [[John Tenniel]] in 1866 was one of the first highly successful entertainment books for children.
[[Image:Alice par John Tenniel 30.png|thumb|left|upright|Alice from [[Lewis Carroll]]'s ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', illustration by John Tenniel, 1866]]

[[Toy book]]s were introduced in the latter half of the 19th century, small paper-bound books with art dominating the text. These had a larger proportion of pictures to words than earlier books, and many of their pictures were in color. The best of these were illustrated by the triumvirate of English illustrators [[Randolph Caldecott]], [[Walter Crane]], and [[Kate Greenaway]] whose association with colour printer and wood engraver Edmund Evans produced books of great quality.<ref>Hunt, p. 674</ref> In the late 19th and early 20th century a small number of American and British artists made their living illustrating children's books, like [[Rose O'Neill]], [[Arthur Rackham]], [[Cicely Mary Barker]], [[Willy Pogany]], [[Edmund Dulac]], [[W. Heath Robinson]], [[Howard Pyle]], or [[Charles Robinson (illustrator)|Charles Robinson]]. 

[[Image:Babes in the Wood - cover - illustrated by Randolph Caldecott - Project Gutenberg eText 19361.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Cover of ''[[Babes in the Wood]]'' (1879), illustrated by [[Randolph Caldecott]]]]

[[Beatrix Potter]]'s ''[[The Tale of Peter Rabbit]]'' was published in 1902 to immediate success. ''Peter Rabbit'' was Potter's first of many ''The Tale of...,'' including ''[[The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin]]'', ''[[The Tale of Benjamin Bunny]]'', ''[[The Tale of Tom Kitten]]'', and ''[[The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck]]'', to name but a few which were published in the years leading up to 1910. Swedish author [[Elsa Beskow]] wrote and illustrated some forty children's stories and picture books between 1897&ndash;1952. [[Lang's Fairy Books|Lang's twelve Fairy Books]] published between 1889 and 1910 were illustrated by among others [[Henry Justice Ford|Henry J. Ford]] and [[Lancelot Speed]].
<!-- [[Image:LittleBlackSamboCover.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Little Black Sambo]] illustration by [[Helen Bannerman]], 1899]] -->

In the US, illustrated stories for children appeared in magazines like ''[[Ladies Home Journal]]'', ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', and ''[[Woman's Home Companion]]'', intended for mothers to read to their children. Some cheap periodicals appealing to the juvenile reader started to appear in the early twentieth century, often with uncredited illustrations.

[[Helen Bannerman]]'s ''[[Little Black Sambo]]'' was published in 1899, and went through numerous printings and versions during the first decade of the twentieth century. It was part of a series of small-format books called [[Dumpy books|The Dumpy Books for Children]], published by British publisher Grant Richards between 1897 and 1904.