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Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"Filled with insights that span Helen Oxenbury's life -- from her early childhood through a career in children's books that started in the 1960s and is still going strong today -- here is an exquisitely designed and thoroughly entertaining celebration of one of the finest illustrators of our time."--
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Language
English
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"In Pictured Worlds, renowned historian Leonard S. Marcus shares his incomparable knowledge of this global cultural phenomenon in the definitive reference work on children's book illustration. The author of more than 25 award-winning books, Marcus here highlights an international roster of 101 artists of the last 250 years whose touchstone achievements collectively chart the major trends and turning points in the history of children's book illustration....
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Language
English
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Description
Randolph Caldecott is best known as the namesake of the award that honors picture book illustrations, and in this inventive biography, leading children's literature scholar Leonard Marcus examines the man behind the medal. In an era when the steam engine fueled an industrial revolution and train travel exploded people's experience of space and time, Caldecott was inspired by his surroundings to capture action, movement, and speed in a way that had...
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Profiles six Caldecott award winning books and their authors, including Robert McCloskey's "Make Way for Ducklings, " Marcia Brown's "Cinderella, " Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are, " William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, " Chris Van Allsburg's "Jumanji, " and David Wiesner's "Tuesday."
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Describes the process by which several teams of authors and illustrators have created such picture books as "Louis the Fish, " "The Glorious Flight, " "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, " "Sam and the Tigers, " and "The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses."
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