Section one. Illustration study as a foundation for strong writing -- Chapter one. Why illustration study matters to the development of young writers -- Chapter two. Building stamina for writing by supporting children's work as illustrators -- Chapter three. Writing and illustrating as parallel composing processes -- Chapter four. Teaching an essential habit of mind: reading like writers in the context of illustration study -- Chapter five. Learning qualities of good writing from illustration techniques -- Chapter six. The writing workshop: planning and implementing a unit of study in illustrations. Section two. Fifty illustration techniques and the qualities of good writing they suggest: a predictable framework -- Chapter seven. Ideas and content, in pictures and in words -- Chapter eight. Precision and detail, in pictures and in words -- Chapter nine. Wholeness of text, in pictures and in words -- Chapter ten. Tone, in pictures and in words -- Chapter eleven. Layout and design, in pictures and in words.