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Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter ** S I G N E D ** 2X
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Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter ** S I G N E D ** 2X Hardcover - 2012

by Marcus, Leonard S. (Editor)

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Candlewick Press, 2012. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. STATED FIRST Edition, with publishers full number line in place. * SIGNED * by the Editor, Leonard Marcus AND * ALSO SIGNED * by Christopher Raschka, one of the 21 'conversations/interviews'. Raschka included a cartoon drawing next to his name/interview, dating it in year of publication. Each interview has a small b/w photo of the illustrator. A fabulous volume for any collector. A center section of full color illustrations on glossy stock by all of the 21 renowned illustrators. A must for all collectors of illustrators. A FIRST/FIRST.Mylar protected jacket.
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  • Title Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter ** S I G N E D ** 2X
  • Author Marcus, Leonard S. (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA
  • Date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 001510
  • ISBN 9780763635060 / 0763635065
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.8 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 17.27 x 3.05 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Sociological
  • Library of Congress subjects Illustrators, Illustrators - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011045897
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.642

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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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