Maurice Sendak – Interviews and Documentaries Maurice Sendak ( 10 June 1928 – 8 May 2012) was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are in 1964. This wasn’t the first picture book that he illustrated but it is definitely his most important one and most well known. The book started its life…
Read moreUrsula Nordstrom – the Greatest Children’s Books Editor of the Twentieth Century
Podcast Interview With Leonard Marcus, Children’s Books Historian and Critic and Author of Many Biographies of Children’s Book Creators I highly recommend you purchase Dear Genius by Leonard Marcus. It’s a fabulous book of letters written by Ursula Nordstrom. I’m rereading it again just now. It’s fascinating to find out the behind the scenes of…
Read moreMaurice Sendak: Lecture, Interview and Some Pictures – Golan Y. Moskowitz Gives a Talk “Maurice Sendak in Queer Jewish Context”
Sassy Interview with Maurice Sendak – For Adults Only Below is not a lecture, but an interview with Sendak, a very sassy one, and a spicy one, so I do not recommend listening to it with young kids as there are some swear words, but I found it funny and interesting. I think towards the…
Read moreLecture – The 75th Anniversary of Poky Little Puppy and Little Golden Books
Little Golden Books launched in October 1942. Initially, there were 12 books in a series. The first books had 42 pages and they were printed on a mass scale to keep the costs as low as possible in order to allow most people to buy them at 25p-50p when average books were about $2. So…
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10 Best Picture Books to Read Aloud about Valentine’s Day
I only recommend products that I love. Some links are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission if you buy from them. There is no additional cost to you and you are helping me to run this site, so thank you! As you probably noticed there are a lot of picture books about…
Read moreRobert McCloskey – Documentary and Interview of Famous American Picture Book Illustrator/Author
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“No Time to Waste” -W.O.M Poem for March 2021
“No Time to Waste” -W.O.M Poem for March 2021 This is yet another poem inspired by WORD OF THE MONTH, an online event run by children’s writer and poet David L Harrison. The word for March 2021 is time. I only came up with this poem today 17th March. I’m usually fast but this time…
Read moreLet’s Read a Vintage Picture Book – Day 1
Let’s Read a Vintage Picture Book – Day 1 The Little Princess in the Wood by Helen Dean Fish and Illustrated by Sibylle v.Olfers If you are feeling a little nostalgic on a Sunday afternoon or simply are curious how much old picture books differ from the modern ones, here is the first example. You…
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