In most of the earliest books for children ,illustrations were an afterthought .But in the Caldecott toy books which first emerged in 1878 , they were almost as important as the lines of next, and occupied far more space in the book .One can almost read the story from the dramatic action in the pictures.
before then ,thousands of successful picture books have been published in the United States and around the world .In the best, the worlds and illustration seem to complement each other perfectly .Often a single person is responsible for both writing and illustration the book .One of the greatest , and certainly one of the most successful , illustrator -authors was dr. Seuss ,whose real name was Theodor Geisel .His first children is book And to Think THAT i saw IT ON mULBERRY STREET ,hit the market in 1937, and the wprld of children is literature was changed forever .SEUSS is playful drawings were a perfect complement to his engaging stories and forgotten characters .In 1957 , Seuss is The Cat in the Hat would becom the first book in Random House is best -selling series, Beginner Books , written by SEUSS AND SEVERAL ANOTHER authors .These combine outrageous illustration of people , creatures , and plants ,and playful stories written at verry simple language