Where a picture book is worth a thousand words....
Marathon n. 1. a long-distance race. 2. a race of about 26 miles. 3. a month, during which children's writers compose one picture book each day until they have written 26 picture books. Several rest days allowed!
February 2010 - GONE!
But not before dozens of children's writers gave a picture book writing marathon their best effort.
Final tally? 1061 story drafts, with 21 finishers completing a full marathon and three super finishers who went two extra "miles."