14 Years in the Making—Now Available from Houghton Mifflin!
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MINDERS OF MAKE BELIEVE: IDEALISTS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND THE SHAPING OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
(Houghton Mifflin)
Minders of Make-Believe is the first-ever history
of American children's book publishing, from colonial times to Harry Potter.
"A historian's wonderfully knowing account of the world of children's
literat ure becomes something more: a brilliant rendering of a nation's values over the generations.
Bravo!"
-- Robert Coles
"In the busy barnyard of children's literature, Leonard Marcus is Charlotte—a calm, wise soul who weaves every
strand into something meaningful and useful. (He does not, as far as I know, have eight legs.)"
-- Daniel Handler
"A tour de force . . . Indispensible."
-- Booklist (starred review)
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The perfect gift for anyone who loves Golden Books—now it its 3rd printing!
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AND BECAME AN AMERICAN ICON ALONG THE WAY
(Random House)
This lavishly illustrated book tells the fascinating,
never-before-told story of the creation, marketing, and world-wide impact
of the most popular children's books of all time.
[A] treasure of a history." - Kirkus (starred review)
"What a grand story [this] is! A big book about the 'Little Books'!" - Eric Carle
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Newly Expanded—just in time to celebrate this inspiring book's tenth anniversary!
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| A CALDECOTT CELEBRATION: SEVEN ARTISTS AND THEIR PATHS TO THE CALDECOTT MEDAL
(Walker)
The expanded, tenth-anniversary edition of this awarding-winning book
features an all-new chapter about Mordicai Gerstein and the making of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.
The ideal companion book for Mock Caldecott events!
For more ideas about how to make the most of this and Leonard's other Walker books
in the classroom, contact him directly: LeonardSMa@aol.com
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A Classic Turns 10: Learn from the Master How to Write, Illustrate, and Publish Great Children's Books
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DEAR GENIUS: THE LETTERS OF URSULA NORDSTROM
(HarperCollins)
Ursula Nordstrom, director of Harper's fabled Department of Books for Boys
and Girls from 1940 to 1973, was a publishing visionary, and one of the children's book world's
most inspiring mentors. This collection of her letters to Margaret Wise Brown,
E. B. White, Garth Williams, Crockett Johnson, Louise Fitzhugh, Maurice Sendak,
and others not only encapsulates an amazing span of children's book history.
It also contains sage and eminently practical advice for today's writers,
illustrators, and editors—and for anyone hoping to break in to the field.
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book for 1998
"Irresistible." The New Yorker
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Leonard Marcus is one of the children's-book world's most engaging and versatile speakers.
Contact him about coming to your library, school, convention, or group meeting to give any the programs
listed below. Programs can also be planned to meet your group's specific needs.
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Highlights - May 2008
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08 - NEW YORK, NY:
LSM reads from and signs Minders of Make-Believe at
Barnes and Noble (corner of West 8th Street and Avenue of the Americas), 7:30 p.m.
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12 - NEW YORK, NY:
LSM speaks at the Children's Book Week CBC Breakfast (Commerce Bank, 42nd Street and Madison Avenue), 8:30 a.m.
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14 - BROOKLYN, NY:
LSM reads from and signs Minders of Make-Believe at the Brooklyn Historical Society
(corner of Clinton and Pierrepont Streets, Brooklyn Heights), 6:30 p.m.
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20 - NEW YORK, NY:
LSM talks with PW's Elizabeth Devereaux discuss Minders of Make-Believe and the past, present, and future of
children's book publishing at Strand Bookstore (corner of East 12th Street and Broadway), at 7 p.m., followed by book signing.
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Leonard is now represented for speaking engagements
by Jennifer Brown of Winding Oak Literary Services.
To arrange for a program at your conference, library,
school, college, or bookstore, please contact Jennifer: j.brown@windingoak.com; 212 724-0249.
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Quote of the Month
"The time must soon come, if it has not already come,
when students of literature must consider the character and tendency of Children's Letters;
when all who have at heart the best interest of the Kingdom of Letters must look sharply to this Principality"
Horace Scudder (1867), quoted in Minders of Make-Believe
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