Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the MoonBeacon Press, 1992 - 337 pagina's Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moon and dozens of other children's classics, all but invented the picture book as we know it today. Combining poetic instinct with a profound empathy for small children, she knew of a child's need for security, love, and a sense of being at home in the worldand she brought that unique tenderness to the page. Yet these were comforts that eluded her. Brown's youthful presence and professional successas an editor, bestselling author, and self-styled impresariomasked an insecurity that left her restless and vulnerable. In this moving biography, Marcus portrays Brown's complex character and her tragic, seesaw life. Her literary achievement and groundbreaking discoveries about small children's emotional needs were offset by tormented romances including a passionate relationship with Michael Strange, the celebrity socialite once married to John Barrymore. |
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... picture book , at least a picture book for Scott , involved more than producing a sequence of paintings in one's studio . The art , like the text , had to be tested on actual children . Accustomed to submitting his work to the scrutiny ...
... picture book , at least a picture book for Scott , involved more than producing a sequence of paintings in one's studio . The art , like the text , had to be tested on actual children . Accustomed to submitting his work to the scrutiny ...
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... picture - book satire for ages five to nine called Hurry Hurry : A Tale of Calamity and Woe , Or , A Lesson in ... picture books before had dared so pointedly to take the grown- up world to task for its capacity for childish self ...
... picture - book satire for ages five to nine called Hurry Hurry : A Tale of Calamity and Woe , Or , A Lesson in ... picture books before had dared so pointedly to take the grown- up world to task for its capacity for childish self ...
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... illustrated titles . Margaret invited Leonard to collaborate on a picture book to be done entirely in black - and - white , a book in which the restricted palette — here was the trick - would be revealed as the best choice in terms of ...
... illustrated titles . Margaret invited Leonard to collaborate on a picture book to be done entirely in black - and - white , a book in which the restricted palette — here was the trick - would be revealed as the best choice in terms of ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction I | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO New York Here and Now | 33 |
CHAPTER THREE Bank Street and Beyond | 67 |
Copyright | |
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