Journey to Joy: Rise, Relevance, Representation in Children’s Picture Books

Join us at the Kerlan!

Please join us on Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. for a reception and guided gallery tours of the exhibit “Journey to Joy: Rise, Relevance, Representation in Children’s Picture Books.”

The exhibit illuminates the diversity of children’s picture books and was developed in curatorial consultation with award-winning children’s book author Andrea Davis Pinkney and Lisa Von Drasek, Miranker Family Curatorial Chair.

The Kerlan Collection contains over 100 years of children’s picture book history. Join us on a journey that takes you from the iconic W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies’ Book to the Caldecott Award-winning Snowy Day to the work of Ezra Jack Keats Award recipients. For the first time, the Kerlan will exhibit contemporary Minnesota Native American illustrators Jonathan Thunder, Annette Lee, and Marlena Myles.

Don’t miss it! For group visits, please email asc-clrc@umn.edu

Event details

What: Journey to Joy: Rise, Relevance, Representation in Children’s Picture Books
When: Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, 5-7 p.m. | Doors open at 5 p.m. | Remarks at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library | Parking and directions

This event is sponsored by the Kerlan Collection | kerlan.umn.edu

Watch a sneak peek of the exhibit

Notice of photography

Photographs taken at the event may be used in University of Minnesota print and online publications, promotions, or shared with the Libraries community. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let the photographer know during the event! Thank you.