Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.
A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees.
Most people don't realize the many steps that a pop-up goes through. There are a variety of "Dummies" (the sketch phase of the book). Then finally the pencil "dummy", then the finished art which is like painting pieces of a jig saw puzzle.
