I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was almost like a beginner graphic-novel style book. It explains the making of a book and the job of an author and an illustrator. It shows that both are important and make the book better when they work together.

Not normally my style of read, but I think kids will love it.

The idea of an illustrator and an author coming up with a story together and then duking it out over their divergent ideas was a neat concept for a graphic novel or illustrated book. I'm just not 100% sure on the execution. I think I expected something a bit more fun to be honest, like they actually do duke it out. But a large part of the story was them working collaboratively together. The divergence was a very small part of the whole, and maybe that's where I kind of felt led astray. I wanted there to be some lead in and then the whole vs. to take over for a good portion of the middle until they realized how to work together. That is definitely covered in the book, but the actual conflict is the smallest part of the whole.

The artwork is fun, and I love the idea of this being a lesson in working together as much in the fiction as it is in the collaboration space. There is a good lesson here, and I do think that it is told fairly well. Just a bit better pacing would make this an awesome product.

This was really fun! Is the story more important, or the illustrations? Two friends are collaborating and can't agree on how the story should go.
The friends argue but decide they enjoy the stories they make together.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this

The story and pictures are very cute, I know that my grandkids will love this story and it may help them figure out how to compromise sometimes.

I read this book to my 7 and 4 year old and they loved it! They loved the super heroes being all about ice cream. They also loved when the beast became cute after getting food. They giggled most of the way through the book. Overall, I think this book has a really good message for children about working together. The artwork style is really cute and the story is very good.

This meta picture book involves an author and illustrator arguing over the direction their story should go. Their dialogue appears in speech bubbles, and you can see the story taking shape and changing around them as they each come up with new ideas. The book is fun and silly, and it shares some good, subtle messages about compromise. Personally, I don't feel like this stands out among all the other meta picture books that have been published in the past decade, but it's cute and can be a good conversation-starter about the creative process.

This would be a great book for getting kids pumped to write and illustrate a story. I'd probably use it with more intermediate or uppe elementary aged students, because the dialogue is pretty lengthy. It's a cool concept and pretty well executed.

Good point!
This book tells vividly how authors and illustrators work together. At times, they will agree and create amazing work but there will be times when they disagree on the writing and the illustrations. This book is honest and creative. Amazing illustrations and storytelling I would say.

Thank you, Capstone, for the advance reading copy.

This is a funny book where the author and illustrator are arguing about what should happen in the story.

I liked this one, but felt that there were a lot of words. Would be better for upper elementary school readers.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC.

Author vs Illustrator is a book about an author and an illustrator butting heads. They can’t agree on what the pictures should look like for the story.

This is a cute story! I loved the illustrations on this one, I think kids will really like the illustrations. I think the story is cute as well. It shows kids how to resolve an argument. I loved the real pictures and story at the end of the book as well.

Thanks so much to netgalley and Capstone for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!