Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society Jason Chin is an author and illustrator of children’s books dealing with nature and science. His books have won both the Sibert (the Informational Book) and Orbis (writing for Nonfiction for Children) Medals. His most recent book, Watercress (2021) won the Caldecott and Newbery […]
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club About this event Leonard Marcus will give a lecture on “The Modernist in the Nursery: How Author/Illustrator Dorothy Kunhardt Made the Picture Book New,” Best known for Pat the Bunny (1940), Dorothy Kunhardt turned the children’s publishing world on its ear as the creator of […]
Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles Wed July 20 at 7:00pm Eastern time What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus probed the experience of thirteen leading authors of books for young people for his book You Can’t Say […]