Profiles in Children's Literature

Profiles in Children's Literature offers readers a chance to learn about some of the 20th century's finest creators of the children's book. In 1969, Dr. Weiss began making videos of authors, illustrators, and editors in the children's literature field, who met with some of her Temple University classes to discuss their work. She invited local librarians and teachers to join her in interviewing guests. This book summarizes and quotes extensively from the personal interviews in the video series and also expands and updates guests' background data. All guests are highly celebrated: Aliki, Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, Tom and Muriel Feelings, Russel Freedman, Ezra Jack Keats and many others. This fascinating look into the life of so many famous people encapsulates their insights at various stages of their careers. The photographs included in each chapter are from that time period and enhance the already personal accounts. For children's literature fans, including parents and grandparents; pre- and in-service teachers and librarians; and students of children's literature.

ISBN 0810837870   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780810837874 (What's this?)   Pages 416 Publisher Scarecrow Press   Volumes 1 Imprint Scarecrow Press   Weight (grammes) 690 Format Hardback   Published in Lanham, MD Publication date 28 Aug 2001   Height (mm) 241 Non-book description xi, 399 p. :   Width (mm) 163 Writer of foreword Carolyn W. Field   Spine width (mm) 26 Library of Congress 00069826   Academic level General DEWEY 813.54099282

		Foreword
		Acknowledgments
		Lloyd Alexander, Evaline Ness, and Ann Durell		1
		Lloyd Alexander and Trina Schart Hyman		7
		Aliki		12
		Avi		16
		Natalie Babbitt		21
		Pura Belpre		26
		Jeanne and Robert Bendick		29
		Stan, Jan, and Michael Berenstain		34
		Judy Blume		40
		Arna Bontemps		45
		Eleanor Cameron		50
		John Ciardi		55
		Beverly Cleary		60
		Karen Cushman and Dinah Stevenson		66
		Marguerite de Angeli		72
		Tomie dePaola		78
		Eleanor Estes and Margaret K. McElderry		83
		Tom and Muriel L. Feelings		88
		Jane Flory (Freedman)		95
		Paula Fox		99
		Russell Freedman		105
		Jean Fritz		111
		Jean Craighead George		117
		Lorenz Graham		122
		Elizabeth Janet Gray (Vining)		127
		Bette Greene		134
		Virginia Hamilton		139
		Carolyn Haywood		145
		Tana Hoban and Susan C. Hirschman		149
		Kristin Hunter (Lattany)		154
		More...

...valuable for foregrounding the many connections between creators' works and their personal lives...notable for its diversity. Children's Literature Association Quarterly ...there are many, many gems here, including interviews with such luminaries as Arna Bontemps, Lorenz Graham, Marguerite de Angeli, Eleanor Estes, and Margaret McElderry. Bulletin Of The Center For Children's Books

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