Openness is something any teacher strives to instill in his or her students. Chris Raschka instillopennessstrive Change image and share on social
The Caldecott Award has allowed me to keep doing what I'm doing for some time longer, for which I am ever grateful. Chris Raschka allowawardcaldecott Change image and share on social
I never quite know if what I do will be understood. Chris Raschka understand Change image and share on social
Whatever I'm thinking about has got to fit into thirty-two pages, the standard picture book size. So that's something. But the structure and the form for me are almost the most important, because these will express as much as words and images will the content of the work. Chris Raschka bookcontentexpress share on social
With any book, I try to find where the manner of the making of the book is appropriate to the matter of the subject. Chris Raschka bookfindmake Change image and share on social
Part of why I like watercolor is that mistakes are visible, and you can't really repair much. It has to look easy. When it comes out, it looks easy, but to get to that point takes a lot of doing. Chris Raschka easylotmistake Change image and share on social
If it's just brushstrokes wrestling around, it isn't much of a picture book, is it? There still has to be a picture. And maybe it needs to be a picture of a dog named Daisy or a little girl riding a bike. So I have to be careful before I get too carried away in the manner itself. Chris Raschka bikebookbrushstroke share on social
When I present the Charlie Parker book, I do a call and response that works quite well. With the Thelonious Monk book, I play the music and work with kids in a group to create a color wheel and show how the wheel can be mapped on a 12-tone chromatic scale. Chris Raschka bookcallcharlie share on social
I wasn't always minimal. In the early days, I was laying it on as thickly as I could, trying very hard to get it right. But I found that the harder I tried, the more tired whatever it was I was working on looked. And then I grew tired of it as well. Chris Raschka dayearlyfind share on social
Whether it's music, loss of something, loneliness or friendship - if that emotion is heightened in some way and painted to fit in between the covers of 32 pages, that can become a picture book. Chris Raschka bookcoveremotion Change image and share on social
