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The Library of America 310Marcus, Leonard S.
Summary: A collection of interviews with fourteen artists and writers of picture books who, regardless of their country of origin, have had a major impact in the United States
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 741.6 MarcusMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: Sharing candid interviews with 13 top children's and young adult authors who discuss why their books have faced censorship, an historian and critic puts First Amendment challenges into historical context and examines the support network that protects anddefends young people's rights.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.44 MARMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: 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."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Walker & Co. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 741.6 MARMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: a Presents a history of Golden Books, discussing how it was founded in the mist of World War II providing quality books at inexpensive prices and used innovative writers and marketing techniques to establish itself as a highly successful publishing firm.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Golden Books 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 070.5 MARMarcus, Leonard S.
Summary: "A middle-grade nonfiction book about one of America's most historically resonant images, the circumstances surrounding its creation, and the larger story it tells about Abraham Lincoln's life"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2023
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Summary: A portrait of the nineteenth-century English artist and illustrator of children's books, which is complemented by previously unpublished drawings.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 741.642 CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH MARL'Engle, Madeleine
Summary: This second volume gathers the final four Kairos novels, in which Meg and Calvin's daughter Polly takes center stage. In The Arm of the Starfish, Polly disappears, and Calvin's research assistant is implicated in her kidnapping. In Dragons in the Waters, Polly and her brother Charles are on a steamer bound for Venezuela when they help solve a murder connected to a stolen portrait of Simon...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LENSummary: A companion guide to an exhibition at the Society of Illustrators features over two hundred illustrations by the artist, including previously unpublished pieces, preliminary drawings, and variant art for his famous works.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 741.642 MAUSummary: Why do children love and need picture books so much? Recasting and greatly expanding on a volume published in 2002 as Ways of Telling, Leonard S. Marcus confirms that picture books matter because they make a difference in our children's lives.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Art MarcusSummary: Thirteen prominent cartoonists discuss their creative processes and the experiences and influences that led to their success in one of today's most vibrant art forms. Each interview is followed by an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2016