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Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration

By Leonard S. Marcus

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School and Library:

9780763692582 | Candlewick Pr, March 14, 2017, cover price $35.00

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

By Leonard S. Marcus

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9780763659387 | Candlewick Pr, September 27, 2016, cover price $24.99

Listening for Madeleine: A Portrait of Madeleine L'engle in Many Voices

By Leonard S. Marcus

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Paperback:

9780374534202 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, November 12, 2013, cover price $16.00 | also contains Listening for Madeleine: A Portrait of Madeleine L'engle in Many Voices

Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations With 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators

By Leonard S. Marcus (editor)

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Paperback:

9780763664640, titled "Show Me a Story!: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators" | Candlewick Pr, September 10, 2013, cover price $15.99 | also contains Show Me a Story!: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations With 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators

Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing

By Leonard S. Marcus

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Hardcover:

9780374310257 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, August 27, 2013, cover price $24.99

The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth

By Jules Feiffer (illustrator), Norton Juster and Leonard S. Marcus (introduced by)

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Hardcover:

9780375857157 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 25, 2011, cover price $29.99

Library:

9780375957154 | Annotated edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 25, 2011), cover price $32.99

A Caldecott Celebration: Seven Artists and Their Paths to the Caldecott Medal

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, a noted children's book historian profiles past and present winners of this prestigious illustration award, including Robert McCloskey, Marcia Brown, and Maurice Sendak.

By Leonard S. Marcus

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Hardcover:

9780802797032 | Walker & Co, February 5, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, a noted children's book historian profiles past and present winners of this prestigious illustration award, including Robert McCloskey, Marcia Brown, and Maurice Sendak.

Library:

9780802797049 | Walker & Co, February 5, 2008, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, a noted children's book historian profiles past and present winners of this prestigious illustration award, including Robert McCloskey, Marcia Brown, and Maurice Sendak.

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

Presents a history of Golden Books, discussing how it was founded in the midst of World War II providing quality books at inexpensive prices and used innovative writers and marketing techniques to establish itself as a highly successful publishing firm.

By Leonard S. Marcus

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9780375829963 | Golden Books, October 23, 2007, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Presents a history of Golden Books, discussing how it was founded in the midst of World War II providing quality books at inexpensive prices and used innovative writers and marketing techniques to establish itself as a highly successful publishing firm.

Side-By-Side: Five Favorite Picture Book Teams Go to Work

Filled with personal vignettes, edited manuscripts, sketches, and dummy book pages, an exciting book provides readers with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what happens between authors, illustrators, editors, and designers as they work together to create a literary masterpiece. Reprint.

By Leonard S. Marcus

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Hardcover:

9780802787781, titled "Side by Side: Five Favorite Picture-Book Teams Go to Work" | Walker & Co, October 1, 2001, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Describes the process by which several teams of authors and illustrators have created such picture books as 'Louis the Fish,' 'The Glorious Flight,' 'The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,' 'Sam and the Tigers,' and 'The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses.

Paperback:

9780802796165, titled "Side by Side: Five Favorite Picture-book Teams Go to Work" | Reprint edition (Walker & Co, December 26, 2006), cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Describes the process by which several teams of authors and illustrators have created such picture books as 'The Glorious Flight,' 'The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,' and 'Sam and the Tigers.

Library:

9780802787798 | Walker & Co, October 1, 2001, cover price $23.85 | About this edition: Describes the process by which several teams of authors and illustrators have created such picture books as 'Louis the Fish,' 'The Glorious Flight,' 'The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,' 'Sam and the Tigers,' and 'The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses.

Pass It Down: Five Picture Book Families Make Their Mark

Introduces readers to five best-selling and award-winning families with a vast array of writing talents that span generations by looking through their family albums--all of which illustrate how a book evolves.

By Leonard S. Marcus

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Hardcover:

9780802796004 | Walker & Co, December 26, 2006, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Introduces five best-selling and award-winning families with an array of writing talents that span generations, with accounts of their family history and examples of their work.

Library:

9780802796011, titled "Pass It Down: Five Picture-Book Families Make Their Mark" | Walker & Co, December 26, 2006, cover price $20.85 | About this edition: Introduces five best-selling and award-winning families with an array of writing talents that span generations, with accounts of their family history and examples of their work.

Oscar: The Big Adventure of a Little Sock Monkey

When Susie Green forgets something important at home, her adventurous sock monkey, Oscar, heads out onto the busy city streets to find her and ends up reading maps, riding subways, dancing to street music, and facing down a bully along the way.

By Leonard S. Marcus and Amy Schwartz

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Hardcover:

9780060726225 | Katherine Tegen Books, June 1, 2006, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A sock monkey named Oscar saves the day for his little girl at the school pet show.

Oscar: The Big Adventures of a Little Sock Monkey

By Leonard S. Marcus and Amy Schwartz

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Library:

9780060726232 | Katherine Tegen Books, June 1, 2006, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: A sock monkey named Oscar saves the day for his little girl at the school pet show.

The Wand In The Word: Conversations With Writers Of Fantasy

The editor asks thirteen noted fantasy authors--including Brian Jacques, Diana Wynne Jones, Garth Nix, and Terry Pratchett--about their pivotal life experiences, their literary influences and work routines, and their core beliefs about the place of fantasy in literature and in the lives of readers. Jr Lib Guild. 15,000 first printing.

By Leonard S. Marcus (editor)

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9780763626259 | Candlewick Pr, February 7, 2006, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Interviews with 13 American and English authors of fantasy fiction discussing their lives, literary influences, work routines and their beliefs about the place of fantasy in literature and our lives.

The Art of Reading: Reading is Fundamental

Provides a collection of forty illustrations picked by the nonprofit literacy organization Reading Is Fundamental in order to celebrate the power and joys of reading in young children and includes works by Henry Cole, Mary Azarian, Lois Ehlert, David Kirk, David McPhail, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Raschka, and so many others.

By Leonard S. Marcus (foreword by)

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School and Library:

9780525474845 | Dutton Childrens Books, August 18, 2005, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Provides a collection of forty illustrations picked by the nonprofit literacy organization Reading Is Fundamental in order to celebrate the power and joys of reading in young children and includes works by Henry Cole, Mary Azarian, Lois Ehlert, David Kirk, David McPhail, Jerry Pinkney, and Chris Raschka.

Make Way for McCloskey: A Robert McCloskey Treasury

Enhanced with full-color illustrations, an amusing picture book provides a collection of all this celebrated author's published works, including Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder.

By Leonard S. Marcus and Robert McCloskey

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9780670059348 | Viking Childrens Books, October 1, 2004, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A picture book with full-color illustrations provides a collection of Robert McCloskey's published works, including Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder.

Storied City: A Children's Book Guide to New York City

Complete with illustrations, photos, and map, an informative guide provides readers with numerous walking tours of New York City that are based on the childrenÃs books of such celebrated authors as Judy Blume, E. B. White, and Maurice Sendak.

By Leonard S. Marcus

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Paperback:

9780525469247 | 1 edition (Dutton Childrens Books, May 1, 2003), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Presents twenty-one walking tours of New York City, including more than one hundred sites of literary significance and featuring more than two hundred books about New York written for young readers.

Give Yourself to the Rain: Poems for the Very Young

A colorful picture book offers readers a collection of twenty-four previously unpublished poems celebrating children's curiosity and wonder.

By Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard S. Marcus (foreword by) and Teri L. Weidner (illustrator)

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School and Library:

9780689833441 | Margaret K McElderry, March 1, 2002, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Offers a collection of twenty-four previously unpublished poems celebrating children's curiosity and wonder.

Garth Williams Treasury of Best-Loved Golden Books

By Leonard S. Marcus (editor) and Garth Williams (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780307108890 | Golden Books, October 1, 2001, cover price $19.99

Nursery Classics: A Galdone Treasury

An illustrated compilation provides young readers with four of the author's popular tales.

By Paul Galdone

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Hardcover:

9780618130467 | Clarion Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: An illustrated compilation provides young readers with four of the author's popular tales.

Miscellaneous:

9780547563077 | Houghton Mifflin, September 17, 2001, cover price $22.00

Corduroy & Company: A Don Freeman Treasury

Corduroy, Dandelion, and Norman the Doorman are three of the eleven tales presented to young readers in a brilliantly illustrated compilation of Don Freeman classics. 25,000 first printing.

By Don Freeman and Leonard S. Marcus (introduced by)

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Hardcover:

9780670035106 | Viking Childrens Books, September 1, 2001, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Compiles eleven stories written by Don Freeman, including 'Dandelion,' 'Corduroy,' and 'Norman the Doorman.

75 Years of Children's Book Week Posters: Celebrating Great Illustrators of American Children's Books

Product Description: Every year from 1919 to the present, we have had a national celebration of literacy and the pleasure of reading with the young. A listing of the poster artists reads like a "Who's Who" of children's book illustrators, as it chronicles the social climate of America throughout the 20th century through 70 posters...read more

By Leonard S. Marcus

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Hardcover:

9780756755959 | Diane Pub Co, May 1, 2001, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Every year from 1919 to the present, we have had a national celebration of literacy and the pleasure of reading with the young.

Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom

Provides a collection of letters written by the woman responsible for publishing such classics as 'Goodnight Moon,' and 'Charlotte's Web'

By Leonard S. Marcus (editor)

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Paperback:

9780064462358 | Harpercollins, April 1, 2000, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Provides a collection of letters written by the woman responsible for publishing such classics as 'Goodnight Moon,' and 'Charlotte's Web'

Library:

9780060236243 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1998, cover price $16.01 | About this edition: Provides a collection of letters written by the woman responsible for publishing such classics as 'Goodnight Moon,' and 'Charlotte's Web'

Author Talk: Conversations With Judy Blume, Bruce Brooks, Karen Cushman, Russell Freedman, Lee Bennett Hopkins, James Howe, Johanna Hurwitz, E. L. Konigsburg, lois

Fifteen of today's most celebrated authors, including Judy Blume and Lois Lowry, share their thoughts on their work, writing habits, inspirations, and experiences in this comprehensive book with full-color photographs.

By Judy Blume (editor) and Leonard S. Marcus (editor)

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9780689813832 | Simon & Schuster, July 1, 2000, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Presents interviews with fifteen well-known children's writers, including Judy Blume, Karen Cushman, Russell Freedman, James Howe, Lois Lowry, Gary Paulsen, and Laurence Yep.

Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon

Examines the author's works, discusses the people and ideas of the children's literature industry, and offers insight into Brown's personal life

By Leonard S. Marcus

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Hardcover:

9780807070482 | Beacon Pr, February 1, 1992, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Examines the author's works, discusses the people and ideas of the children's literature industry, and offers insight into Brown's personal life

Paperback:

9780688171889 | Avon A, October 1, 1999, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Examines the author's works, discusses the people and ideas of the children's literature industry, and offers insight into Brown's personal life

9780807070499 | Reprint edition (Beacon Pr, November 1, 1994), cover price $15.00

The Penguin Book of Classic Children's Characters

Presents some of the best-loved characters in children's literature, including Peter Rabbit, Winnie-the-Pooh, Corduroy, Madaline, Homer Price, Pippi Longstocking, and Matilda, in stories and excerpts from longer works

By Leonard S. Marcus (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780525458265 | Dutton Childrens Books, October 1, 1998, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Presents some of the best-loved characters in children's literature, including Peter Rabbit, Winnie-the-Pooh, Corduroy, Madaline, Homer Price, Pippi Longstocking, and Matilda, in stories and excerpts from longer works

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