endpapers in children's picture books

Illustrator Loretta Schauer blogged about how much fun endpaper creation can be:

http://biglittletale.tumblr.com/post/81192496309/i-love-endpapers

and she points to another blog by Sarah Warburton, who also shows some great examples.

http://sarahwarburton.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/for-love-of-endpapers.html

My favorite of the day?

for The Rumblewick Letters

Here's another blog collection:
https://flightlessboyds.wordpress.com/category/endpapers/

favorite

First Pup

One I recently found hilarious is from Mo Willems's Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs.

It is bigger, but this is the only image I found online.

>4 KarenElissa: Oddly, most of the examples of this one get X'd out on the web. Let me try

Dan Santat's "The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend" has great endpapers too! In them, he creates friends for all the monsters who are in the background spreads of his book. I love it when endpapers give an extra depth to the story ;)

The endpaper art of Spring Comes to the DMZ sends a subtle message. It's a map of the world, without country outlines, except that Korea is a slightly different color. On the front set, there is a red line crossing the country. On the back set, the red line is gone.

I recommend the book.

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