A shimmer of joy
one hundred children's picture books in America
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Contributions
- Mercier, Cathryn M., contributor - Contributor
- Silver, Joel, 1951- contributor - Contributor
- Suarez, Michael F., 1960- contributor - Contributor
- Carle, Eric, contributor - Contributor
Publication
2019 - The Book Club of California, San Francisco, China
Language
English
Word Count
84,250 words, Guess
Page Count
337 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10173254820X
- ISBN-139781732548206
- OCLC Control Number1142646773
- Open LibraryOL44076683M
Classifications
- LCCZ1037 .L835 2019
Description
"This volume presents and describes one hundred picture books published from 1900 to 2015. It provides an intriguing array of information, not only about the books being profiled, but also about the authors, artists, publishers, and designers who created them. Along the way, the reader gains insight into the evolving eras of children's literature and book publishing in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, a perspective that adds even more background and color to a broad spectrum of titles selected. This is a book that explains the qualities that combine to make a successful picture book, the interplay between words and images, the dynamic pulse of picture and narrative that compels us to turn the page and follow the story, the sometimes quirky elements that appeal to both children and adults alike. It affirms what we all instinctively know, and have know since childhood -- that a picture book is literature, art, and theater all rolled into one, miraculously blended and irresistibly presented"--Back cover.
Description
"In this volume, Chris Loker, the proprietor of the Children's Book Gallery, an antiquarian children's bookshop in San Francisco, profiles and reflects on the legacies of iconic American children's books, spanning from 1900 to the present day (with the last title being published in 2015). Being co-published with the Book Club of California as well as Godine, this book was inspired by an exhibition with the Grolier Club in 2015 that profiled "One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature""--
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- A shimmer of joy: one hundred children's picture books in America
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