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Sharing candid interviews with 13 top children's and young adult authors who discuss why their books have faced censorship, a historian and critic puts First Amendment challenges into historical context and examines the support network that protects and defends young people's rights."--Provided by publisher.

A unique middle-grade biography of America's sixteenth president, through the lens of one famous photograph.On February 9, 1864, Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by his twelve-year-old son Tad, traveled to Mathew Brady's Washington, DC studio. With a fractious re-election campaign looming that year, America's first media-savvy president was intent on securing another portrait that cast him in a favorable light, as he prepared to make the case for ...

A lavishly illustrated, large-format reference book highlighting the work of 101 top children's illustrators

What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probes the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people.A powerful photo essay on transgender teens is called anti-religious and anti-family. A meticulously researched primer on sex education stirs up accusations of pornography and child abuse. Picture books about two mommies (or two pengu...

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Leonard S. Marcus is one of the world’s leading authorities on children’s books and illustration. Among his many books are Minders of Make-Believe and Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon. A frequent contributor to the New York Times Book Review, he is on the faculty of New York University and the School of Visual Arts.¿Lisa Von Drasek is curator of the Children’s Literature Research Collections at the University of Minnesota.

Celebrate a century of children's book illustration!For families, art lovers, and history buffs alike, Leonard S. Marcus's visual history tour of 100 years of children's book illustration gathers in one glorious volume the posters of the annual Children's Book Week!Featuring work from early luminaries such as N. C. Wyeth and Marcia Brown to more contemporary illustrators like David Wiesner, Mary GrandPré, Christian Robinson, and Jillian Tamaki...

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This practical guide to negotiation and conflict resolution in the healthcare field, reveals why unresolved conflict can hamper any organization's ability to make timely decisions and implement new strategies. It focuses on the complex interactions between those that deliver, receive, administer, and oversee health care and outlines negotiation techniques and conflict resolution approaches that can positively impact efficiency, quality of care...

What makes funny FUNNY? An esteemed anthologist interviews thirteen favorite children's authors - and asks them to share their trade secrets.Do you ever make yourself laugh while you are writing?"A joke isn't a joke if you need to explain it, " notes Leonard S. Marcus. "Even so, the hidden clockwork of comedy . . . has long been considered one of the great riddles of life." There are many kinds of humor, but capturing their essence on paper is...

Madeleine L'Engle is perhaps best recognized as the author of A Wrinkle in Time, the enduring milestone work of fantasy fiction that won the 1963 John Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature and has enthralled millions of readers for the past fifty years. But to those who knew her well, L'Engle was much more besides: a larger-than-life persona, an inspiring mentor, a strong-willed matriarch, a spiritual guide, and a rare friend. ...

Available in time for the 75th anniversary of the Caldecott MedalNan utterly unique biography of the remarkable artist the award honors: Randolph Caldecott, the father of the modern picture book. Includes never-before-published drawings by Caldecott himself. Full color.

A fascinating, beautiful, and definitive account of the life of esteemed artist Helen Oxenbury.Filled with insights that span Helen Oxenbury's life — from her early childhood through a career in children's books that started in 1964 and is still going strong today — here is an exquisitely designed and thoroughly entertaining celebration of one of the finest illustrators of our time. Written by acclaimed author Leonard S. Marcus, Helen Oxenbury...

A must-have collection for comics fans and creators everywhere, packed with interviews and original comics by today's foremost graphic novelists.Respected anthologist Leonard S. Marcus turns his literary microscope to the world of comics, which has lately morphed and matured at a furious pace. Powerful influences from manga to the movies to underground comix have influenced the thirteen artists and writers interviewed in these pages to create ...

Ursula Nordstrom, director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973, is regarded as the single most creative force for innovation in children's book publishing in the United States during the twentieth century. Considered an editor of maverick temperament and taste, she dared to publish groundbreaking, sometimes controversial books for an audience that was used to the often condescending material deemed "appropriate...

Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moon and dozens of other children's classics, all but invented the picture book as we know it today. Combining poetic instinct with a profound empathy for small children, she knew of a child's need for security, love, and a sense of being at home in the worldand she brought that unique tenderness to the page. Yet these were comforts that eluded her. Brown's youthful presence and professional success...

In compelling interviews by the acclaimed Leonard S. Marcus, twenty-one top authors and illustrators reveal their inside stories on the art of creating picture books.Max and Mickey, Miss Nelson, Pack, Quack, and Mrs. Mallard, Pigeon, Sylvester, John Henry, and a very hungry caterpillar — these are just a few of the beloved picture book characters discussed in Show Me a Story. Renowned children's literature authority Leonard S. Marcus speaks wi...

This award-winning book takes the most current negotiation and conflict resolution concepts and applies them to present-day health case settings. Through the use of lively narrative, illustrative examples, and up-to-date theory, the authors offer those in the health care profession the knowledge and skills they need to resolve their problems. A how-to guide written for all the players— physicians, nurses, managers, administrators— in health care.

Marcus engages 13 master storytellers in spirited conversation about their life and work, their literary influences, and their core beliefs about the place of fantasy in literature.