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Show Me a Story : why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators Hardcover - 2012

by Marcus, Leonard S

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Leonard S. Marcus is one of the world’s leading writers about children’s books and their illustrations. His many books include The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy; Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy; Dear Genius; and others. His essays, interviews, and reviews appear in the New York Times Book Review, among other publications. About Show Me a Story!, he says, "Our favorite picture books speak to us at the start of life and continue to speak to us for the rest of our lives. I find that an amazing achievement." Leonard S. Marcus lives in Brooklyn.

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These discussions of the relationship between artists’ lives and the stories they produce, preferences regarding medium or style, and the unique confluences of circumstance, market and passion are indubitably worthwhile.
—Kirkus Reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 03/15/2012, Page 50
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 05/01/2012, Page 488
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2012, Page 116
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2012, Page 163
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/01/2012, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 06/01/2012, Page 144
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 04/01/2012, Page 88

About the author

Leonard S. Marcus is one of the world's leading writers about children's books and their illustrations. His many books include The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy; Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy; Dear Genius; and others. His essays, interviews, and reviews appear in the New York Times Book Review, among other publications. About Show Me a Story!, he says, "Our favorite picture books speak to us at the start of life and continue to speak to us for the rest of our lives. I find that an amazing achievement." Leonard S. Marcus lives in Brooklyn.

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