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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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A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him. This 75th anniversary edition includes the original picture book followed by a 32-page retrospective look with lively anecdotes, exclusive photographs, archival material, and an essay by noted children's book historian Leonard S. Marcus.
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2021.
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English
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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 and defends young people's rights.
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Paul Galdone created hundreds of books in his lifetime. Many of his picture books quickly became accepted as the definitive version of traditional stories. Collected here are four of his most popular picture books: The Three Pigs, The Three Bears, The Little Red Hen, and Cat Goes Fiddle-i-fee. Parents who grew up with these whimsical retellings will enjoy revisiting them and sharing them with the family, bringing Galdone's timeless artistry and bright,...
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1998.
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English
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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."
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2019.
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First U.S. edition.
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English
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"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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Curious George original adventures volume 1
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English
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The adventures of the ingenious little monkey who left the jungle to live with the man in the yellow hat.
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2001.
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English
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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."
14) Minders of make-believe: idealists, entrepreneurs, and the shaping of American children's literature
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2008.
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English
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English
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"Meet Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger in this timeless adventure that has enchanted generations of children. This beloved childhood classic by Kenneth Grahame is now available in a stunning gift book edition with dazzling new art. One spring day, Mole peers out from his underground home to find a marvellous world awaits him. As the seasons pass, he picnics on the riverbank with Ratty, accompanies Toad on a chaotic caravan adventure, and even braves the...
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"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's...
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