Leonard S. Marcus, Author . Walker $19.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8778-1
Marcus (A Caldecott Celebration; Author Talk) describes the creative collaborations of five author-artist teams whose processes prove as varied as their books. Though, for most projects, author and illustrator never meet, Marcus focuses on...
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Leonard S. Marcus, Author Beacon Press (MA) $25 (337p) ISBN 978-0-8070-7048-2
Brown (1910-1952) wrote some 100 children's books informed by her acute insights into their world. Among her classics, Goodnight Moon excited deep curiosity in Marcus, children's book reviewer for Parenting magazine, when he first read the ``concrete
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Leonard S. Marcus, Author Dutton Books $15.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-525-45164-8
In the gracefully written preface to this challenging and thought-provoking anthology, Marcus expresses the hope that the reader will ``be touched by the urgency and ardor with which the poets . . . have set about the mysterious work of examining...
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Leonard S. Marcus, Author Dutton Books $29.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-525-46490-7
William Steig, Maurice Sendak, Karla Kuskin, Rosemary Wells, Mitsumasa Anno, Jerry Pinkney and others 14 in all discuss their work in Ways of Telling: Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book by Leonard S. Marcus. This engaging volume offers...
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Leonard S. Marcus, Author Dutton Books $12.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-525-46924-7
Children's book lovers will discover the Big Apple anew through Leonard S. Marcus's Storied City: A Children's Book Walking Tour Guide to New York City. Readers are directed to the row house (280 W. 12th Street) where Robert McCloskey created the...
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Leonard S. Marcus. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-374-29897-5
In this insightful biography of beloved children's book author Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newberry Medal), Marcus (Minders of Make-Believe) draws upon dozens of interviews with those who knew L'Engle personally and...
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Leonard S. Marcus. FSG/Foster, $24.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-374-31025-7
Marcus (Listening for Madeleine) begins his biography of the illustrator for whom the Caldecott Medal is named with some historical background, describing the changes wrought in 19th-century Great Britain by the steam engine, which eased travel and...
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Leonard S. Marcus, illus. by Helen Oxenbury. Candlewick, $40 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9258-2
Children’s literature historian Marcus (Golden Legacy: The Story of Golden Books) presents an eloquent, sumptuously illustrated account of the life and work of versatile, prolific British illustrator Helen Oxenbury. Taking leave of Oxenbury after...
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Leonard S. Marcus, Author, N Church & the East German State Politi, Translator Walker & Company $18.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8656-2
Filled with witty anecdotes and pithy observations, Marcus's (Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom) approach to examining the works of six Caldecott Medalists will be of as much interest to adults as to picture book readers. He has chosen...
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Amy Schwartz, Author, Leonard S. Marcus, Author, Amy Schwartz, Illustrator , illus. by Schwartz. HarperCollins/Tegen $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-072622-5
A husband-and-wife team spins a tale about a sock monkey caught up in a series of adventures while trying to help a friend. Readers young and old will appreciate the narrative's wry tone: "Now, Susie was a fine girl, but a bit forgetful."
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Amy Schwartz, Author, Leonard S. Marcus, Author, Amy Schwartz, Illustrator Bradbury Press $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-02-781431-6
The flap copy on this collection of lesser-known Mother Goose poems notes that nursery rhymes often deal with disturbing subjects, yet their reassuring nonsense puts ``trouble into proper perspective.'' Readers may nevertheless question the reason...
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