From breaking gender barriers to being the forerunner in children’s books illustrating, the subjects in the following titles selected by the editors at Junior Library Guild were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
People Who Left Their Mark: Picture Book Biographies | JLG’s On the Radar
By on September 9, 2013 Leave a Comment
The ABC of It: New York Public Library gives a children’s literary exhibit its all
By on June 29, 2013
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when you have easy access to amazing things the relative value you place upon those things diminishes significantly after a surprisingly short amount of time. Case in Point: When I worked across the street from the MOMA for several years it was apparently too difficult for me, even [...]
Fusenews: “There are no good books which are only for children” – W.H. Auden
By on June 6, 2013
Pictures of the Week: The Dedication of St. John the Divine as Literary Landmark; Holiday House’s Spring Preview
By on December 7, 2012 Leave a Comment
Hope Larson and Leonard S. Marcus autograph books at the dedication of Saint John the Divine as a Literary Landmark in honor of Madeleine L’Engle, and SLJ Book Review editor Trev Jones at the Holiday House Spring preview.
