What Do Illustrators Do? by Eileen Christelow

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    This story is found in "California Treasures" book published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill for many school districts.  The story is written by Eileen Christelow.  She has written other books like "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" and "What Do Authors Do?" 
     This story is found in Unit 3, Express Yourself, 3rd Grade Edition.  The following are reading comprehension questions on this story.

1.       What do illustrators do? (p. 364) __________________________________________________

2.       How big are most picture books? (p. 365)_____________________________________________

3.       What do illustrators do first before creating a book? (p. 365)_____________________________

4.       After illustrators make a plan for their book, then they make ____________________. (p. 365)

5.       What is a dummy? (p. 365) __________________________________________________

6.       What are sketches? (p. 365) __________________________________________________

7.       What is a drawing scale? (p. 369) _________________________________________________

8.       Who do illustrators show their dummies to once they are done? (p. 377) ___________________________________________________________________________

9.       The designer of the publishing company makes __________________________ about the design of the book. (p. 377)

What type of the clue does the cover give the reader? (p. 383) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________