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    Dear Genius: Letters of Ursula Nordstrom

    Leonard S Marcus,Leonard S. Marcus

    She trusted her immense intuition and generous heart–and published the most. Ursula Nordstrom, director of Harper’s Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973, was arguably the…

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    Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way

    Leonard S Marcus

    The year 2007 marks the 65th anniversary of a bold experiment: the launch of the Little Golden Books during the dark days of World War II. In this lively history…

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    Margaret Wise Brown

    Leonard S Marcus

    Forty years after her death, the author of the classics Runaway Bunny and Goodnight Moon remains a legendary figure in the world of literature and an enigma to many who…

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    Listening for Madeleine

    Leonard S Marcus

    A book of interviews with people who knew Madeleine L'Engle, author of the children’s classic A wrinkle in time, in the many facets of her life –

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    Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait: The Story of a Photograph That Became an American Icon

    Leonard S Marcus

    A middle-grade nonfiction book about one of America’s most historically resonant images, the circumstances surrounding its creation, and the larger story it tells about Abraham Lincoln’s life –

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    Show Me a Story!: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World’s Most Celebrated Illustrators

    Leonard S. Marcus

    In compelling interviews by the acclaimed Leonard S. Marcus, 21 top authors and illustrators reveal their inside stories on the art of creating picture books.

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    100 Years of Children’s Book Week Posters

    Leonard S. Marcus

    Featuring work from early luminaries such as N.C. Wyeth and Marcia Brown to more contemporary illustrators like David Wiesner and Mary GrandPrZ, this beautiful collection showcases the conceptual and iconic…

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    You Can’t Say That!

    "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…

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    Leo Lionni

    Steven Heller, Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Leonard S. Marcus, Annie Lionni

    The first survey of Leo Lionni's protean career as a graphic designer, children's book creator, and fine artist.

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    Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy

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    In 13 fascinating interviews, well-loved writers of humorous books for children–including Judy Blume, Daniel Handler, and Jon Sciezka–discuss an array of topics, from their sources of inspiration to the ways…

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    Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box

    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…

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    Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration

    Leonard S. Marcus,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 the 1960s and is still going strong today…

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    Madeleine L'Engle: The Kairos Novels: The Wrinkle in Time and Polly O'Keefe Quartets: A Library of America Boxed Set

    Madeleine L'Engle

    A Wrinkle in Time was only the beginning: here in this set, together for the first time in a deluxe Library of America edition, are the thrilling adventures of Meg…

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    Madeleine L'Engle: The Wrinkle in Time Quartet (LOA #309): A Wrinkle in Time / A Wind in the Door / A Swiftly Tilting Planet / Many Waters

    Madeleine L'Engle

    This Library of America volume presents Madeleine L'Engle’s iconic classic A Wrinkle in Time, one of the most beloved and influential novels for young readers ever written, in a newly-prepared…

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    Madeleine L'Engle: The Polly O'Keefe Quartet (LOA #310): The Arm of the Starfish / Dragons in the Waters / A House Like a Lotus / An Acceptable Time

    Madeleine L'Engle

    A Wrinkle in Time was only the beginning- here, together for the first time in a deluxe Library of America edition, are the thrilling adventures of Meg Murray’s daughter Polly.

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    True Grit

    Charles Portis

    The #1 New York Times bestseller with over two million copies in print, now available for a whole new generation of Portis fans with discussion questions

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    Make Way for McCloskey

    Robert McCloskey,Leonard S Marcus

    Generations of children have delighted in the timeless stories of Robert McCloskey. Now for the first time, all of his published works are collected in one volume. Includes biographical information…

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    Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration

    Leonard S. Marcus

    Filled with insights that span Helen Oxenbury’s life – from her early childhood through a career in children’s books that started in the 1960s and is still going strong today…

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    The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth

    Norton Juster

    Original publication and copyright date: 1961.

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    The Borrowers

    Mary Norton

    Pod, Homily, and Arrietty Clock’s huge adventures have been thrilling children young and old for fifty years–and their appeal is as strong as ever in these handsome new paperback packages…

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    The Art of Alice and Martin Provensen

    Alice Provensen,Martin Provensen

    This large-format, high-page-count monograph is the definitive tome on the work of the prolific Provensen husband-and-wife team. The book includes many never-before-seen sketches and development work for many of their…

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    You Can’t Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell

    Leonard S. Marcus

    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…

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