If you are illustrating your own book, you have unlimited creative license! [title] Tailor images based on reading level. [step] Different age ranges of readers require different kinds of illustrations.
[header] How to illustrate a children's book [title] Obtain and study the writer's brief. [step] If you are contracted to illustrate a book, oftentimes writers will provide you with a brief--a list of notes suggesting the main actions in each spread of the book. Study this carefully, and try to remain faithful to the author's intentions.