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Authors, American Authors, American 20th century Biography Authors, American 20th century Biography Juvenile literature Authorship Illustration of books Illustrators Illustrators United States Biography Illustrators United States Biography Juvenile literature Keats, Ezra Jack United StatesPinkney, Jerry
Summary: "Jerry Pinkney, Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator of over one hundred books, tells the story of his childhood and how he developed his artistic talent"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PINSummary: Twenty-three illustrators of children's literature discuss their lives, inspirations, and creative backgrounds and present photographs of themselves and their work spaces along with examples of their illustrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2007
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: J Arts ArtistKunkel, Angela Burke
Summary: "A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schön, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Markel, Michelle
Summary: Quick! If you don't move fast, you're going to miss him -- there he goes-- Randolph Caldecott, future famous illustrator. His sketchbook is full of hurly-burly; wild weather, frisky animals and people so sprightly they can barely hold on to the pages. But in the 1850s, there are no children's books like that. Not yet. Many are published, but their pictures look still, full of pretty poses and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CALHaidle, Elizabeth
Summary: Brings to life the childhood experiences of beloved artists and illustrators such as Wanda Gág, Maurice Sendak, and Jerry Pinkney. Stylish illustrations paired with small vignettes and anecdotes from the artists' early lives helps illuminate the hard work, triumphs, failures, and inspiration that helped forge their successful careers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Etch, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 HAISharp, Tori
Summary: "Tori makes up stories all of the time, so she has never lived in just one world. Those stories might just save her when her world seems to crumble"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Christelow, Eileen.
Summary: Shows two authors going through all the steps involved in writing new books about a dog and cat.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Words ChristelowDelessert, Étienne
Summary: "Artist Etienne Delessert reflects on his lifelong pursuit of art using the dreamlike scenario of a circus procession filled with fairy-tale allusions and literary inspirations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Editions 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE DELCooper, Elisha.
Summary: "The award-winning children's book author confronts a new world when faced with his daughter's illness in this frank, moving, and beautiful memoir. Elisha Cooper spends his mornings writing and illustrating children's books, his afternoons playing with his two daughters. The phrase he hates most is "throw like a girl," so he teaches them to climb trees and play ball. But when he discovers a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COOPER, ELISHA COOEngel, Dean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Moon Press 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KEAJones, Brian Jay
Summary: "The definitive, fascinating, all-reaching biography of Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss is a classic American icon. His work has defined our childhoods and the childhoods of our own children. More than twenty-five years after his death, his books continue to find new readers, now grossing over half a billion dollars in sales. His whimsical illustrations and silly, simple rhymes are timeless favorites...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEUCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEUSS, DR JONKantorovitz, Sylvie
Summary: "When a teacher asks Sylvie's class what they want to be when they grow up, Sylvie is the only one without an answer. In this funny, perceptive graphic memoir, a girl who works very hard to be the perfect student, daughter, and friend must figure out who she is to the least demanding person in her life: herself."--Book jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KANMaclear, Kyo
Summary: "Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Summary: "A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra's dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KEASummary: Explores the lesser-known tale of George's creators, Hans and Margret Rey. Years later, having heard that Hans was wasting his artistic talents as a bookkeeper in Rio, Margaret traveled to Brazil to persuade him to marry her and do something creative together. Arriving in New York as refugees, they started their life anew and over the next three decades, they created a classic that continues to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Browne, Anthony
Summary: The author/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 708 BROFabiny, Sarah
Summary: "Brush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title. Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous ways. After hearing President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, he was inspired to create paintings that described the principles for universal rights: four paintings that portray...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROCChristelow, Eileen.
Summary: Shows two illustrators going through all the steps involved in creating new picture books of "Jack and the Beanstalk," including layout, scale, and point-of-view.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Draw ChristelowDePaola, Tomie
Summary: Author-illustrator Tomie De Paola describes his experiences at home and in school in 1941 when he was a boy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2003