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Alachua County Library, Gainesville Florida I spent a delightful Sunday afternoon with graduate students, professors, and librarians discussing Caldecott contenders. The event was organized…
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What is The ABC of It? For Background information go here Yes, You Can Pre-order The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter is officially…
A year ago I began writing about women artists. Then I got distracted. Today I went back to the draft file and found some words…
Phuoc Thi Minh Tran is the first Vietnamese librarian in Minnesota. A boat people, a respected storyteller, a 2016 Minnesota State Fair Blue Ribbon…
Sandra Boynton is the Unsung Hero of Emergent Literacy. She is an author, illustrator, songwriter, music producer and entrepreneur has written more than 50 children’s books and created more than 4,000 greeting cards. (New York Times. 2013). Boynton was early pioneer, transitioning her illustrations and playful text from their origins in greeting cards to board books embraced by generations. Surely you remember “Hippo, Birdie, Two Ewe”?
#100 Women Artists https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/2018/06/excuse-me-sir-yes-this-is-a-rant/ What Started Project http://www.jacquelinedavies.net/blog/2018/6/2/excuse-me-sir-did-you-forget-something Jose Aruego, best known for illustrating Robert Kraus’s Leo the Late Bloomer (Windmill, 1971), died August 9 in…
#100 Women Artists https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/2018/06/excuse-me-sir-yes-this-is-a-rant/ What Started Project http://www.jacquelinedavies.net/blog/2018/6/2/excuse-me-sir-did-you-forget-something 2017 The Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators: Evaline Ness Evaline Ness (1911–1986)…
#100 Women Artists https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/2018/06/excuse-me-sir-yes-this-is-a-rant/ What Started Project http://www.jacquelinedavies.net/blog/2018/6/2/excuse-me-sir-did-you-forget-something Clare Turlay Newberry was born in Enterprise, Ohio. She studied at the University of Oregon, School of the…
#100 Women Artists https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/2018/06/excuse-me-sir-yes-this-is-a-rant/ What Started Project http://www.jacquelinedavies.net/blog/2018/6/2/excuse-me-sir-did-you-forget-something April Pulley Sayre (is an award-winning children’s book author of over 65 natural history books for children and adults….
100 Women Children’s Book Artists #100 Women Artists https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/2018/06/excuse-me-sir-yes-this-is-a-rant/ What Started Project http://www.jacquelinedavies.net/blog/2018/6/2/excuse-me-sir-did-you-forget-something Her Daughter Nina Crews reflects on her life and the Brooklyn Public Library…
