Book of Anger - Picture Book

Book of Anger. Illustrated book/zine. 2019.

This picture book was created using a painted watercolor paper collage technique. The book breaks down the feeling of anger, showing how it can be a useful emotion for us to harness.

American Illustration 39 Chosen Winner.

Showcased in Minnesota Center for Book Arts’ 2019 New Editions show.

Book of Anger is part of the Hennepin County Library’s circulating zine collection. 2023.

This is a photo of a small picture book, where we can see a bunch of red angry faced blobs. There is text, but we can’t see it.

We see a single red, angry face, underneath which there is the text “The Book of Anger” by Maddy Buck.

On the left we see a sad angry face, in magenta. The face has a body and its hands are touching its face. It says “Anger at ourselves.” On the right are two angry faces. One is yellow and looking quizzically at the other who is purple. They have sta

In this illustration, we see a bunch of red angry blobs floating around a stick figure blob that has a pinkish face. The text floats amongst them and says, “Anger can pile up! But we only have so much SPACE.”

In this illustration, we see on the left a pink-headed angry face that has purple anger coming from its face. More red and yellow angry faces, including a few ripped up into bits are cascading through the air toward another angry head, this one in y

This page is segmented into three sections. On the left it says, “Instead, Anger can fuel us towards a goal…to run faster” We see a pink-headed angry face with a body running hard. In the middle we see a red-faced angry blob punching a ceiling, sayi

The text says “when used well, it may even fuel positive change. Permission granted to be angry sometimes.” On the left are a bunch of angry faced protesters, all shades of red. They appear to be protesting for women’s suffrage. On the right is a ve