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reer the first children s novel he illustrated was the wonderful farm by marcel ayme because it s sendak s first children s book of any type it too can ber fairly expensive 500 1000 however it s probably also easier to find a cheap copy of this book at your local used bookstore or charity sale if a sendak picture book arrives at one of these venues someone is going to stop look at it and investigate its value if a book by marcel ayme who arrives no one may notice sendak s involvement and the book may end up on the shelf for a couple bucks so keep your eyes open although some of the novels sendak illustrated are still very collectable such as mrs piggle s farm by betty macdonald or much beloved like the many works he illustrated for meindert dejong such as shadrach and the wheel on the school there are also a number of titles that few people remember these days for example have you ever heard of this 1955 book that features sendak illustrations i don t know it at all where the wild things are trivia when joyce hanrahan was researching her bibliography she checked some of the sendak books that were held by the library of congress the library of congress copy of where the wild thing are was cataloged and stamped november 22 1963 mother s day happy mother s day to everyone whether you are a mother or have one last year i wrote a blog entry on the large number of newbery winning books in which moms and dads are almost completely absent and it does seem that mothers don t play roles in most of our classic children s books the darling children and alice go off on adventures without their parents as do claudia and jamie kincaid fern s mother is around but what function does she serve after her daughter asks her where s papa going with that ax this got me wondering about the memorable mothers in children s books who are the best who are the worst my candidates for the best would include marmee from little women i m not sure i ever finished this book but i know enough to think of marmee as the quintessential children s book mother who else well the runaway bunny s mother must be one of the best considering the lengths she promises to go in order to be near her child bessie setzer from e l konigsburg s about the b nai bagels also seems to qualify yes she s something of a stereotype but she was one of the first comic jewish mothers to appear in children s fiction both an expert cook raisins are raisins and cabbage is cabbage and in my pot they won t meet and a baseball coach plus she wields a mean slotted spoon in the category of bad mothers we have to start with mayzie from dr seuss s horton hatches the egg when mayzie takes a break from nesting she toddles of to palm beach liza tillerman from cynthia voigt s homecoming and dicey s song doesn t get any medals for good parenting granted she s got mental problems but abandoning four kids in a parking lot doesn t make her a good maternal figure who are your most memorable mothers in children s books which belong in the motherhood hall of fame and which ones belong in the motherhood hall of shame cover stories it s always interesting to see the dustjackets that publishers choose for their books does the cover illustration reflect the content of the story inside does it follow a contemporary trend in cover art headless kids legless feet the use of stock photographs rather than original art i just recently came across a new drug novel for teens called lucy in the sky written by who else anonymous do the cover and the author s name remind you of anything it reminded me of the paperback cover of that perennnial teenage read go ask alice in the book we just wrote betsy bird jules danielson and i discuss the murky origins of this dopey pun intended ya favorite but praise the publisher for choosing a cover image that has literally lasted for generations it s almost impossible to think of any other ya novel that has used the same cover photograph for nearly four decades we can only assume that lucy in the sky which references the title go ask alice on its cover is paying an homage with its similar design incidentally few people know that before it was a paperback go ask alice was a hardcover book and even fewer have seen the original dustjacket so we present it here for your edification i may be one of the few people who remember this original dj illustration months before the paperback appeared i happened to run across the hardcover in the adult section of my public library i checked it out and brought it to junior high with me soon everyone in my class wanted to borrow it from me especially the cool kids who had never acknowledged me before i lent it to several of them i was a book pusher a book dealer but my popularity was shortlived as soon as the book had to be returned to the library those kids forgot i existed i am also intrigued by a new young adult novel by nina lacour the story is narrated by a boy named colby who plans to spend the year after high school traveling through europe with his best friend bev but first they take a road trip with bev s rock band during which bev informs colby that she no longer intends to go to europe he is devastated the book has received several starred reviews and although i ve only read half the novel so far i think i can say with assurance that this is a strong book and that young male readers will relate to colby s issues and would enjoy picking up this book if it weren t for the chicklit cover what were the publishers thinking paper dolls debbie reese s american indians in children s literature is an important blog that provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children s and young adult books the school curriculum popular culture and society do i always agree with debbie no but i definitely respect her thought provoking opinions i ve learned a lot from her blog and am pleased we are friends on facebook and if anyone reading this wants to keep in touch with me on facebook feel free to friend me this week debbie posted the following paper doll figures on facebook with the message these two paper dolls are excellent please share with students in education or library school i love them too and want to share them here they are the work of steven paul judd who says he was inspired by paper dolls of the fifties and sixties steven says i m not a psychologist so i can t tell you the effects of seeing your people only portrayed in a certain way i can only speak on my own experience of being a little kid and looking for others on t v that i could identify with only person i could find was erik ponch estrada from chips so as a youn un i pretended to be a motorcycle cop so my thought is what if our youth could see there selves not in just a historical context but as doctors lawyers astronauts so that s when i decided to make these drawings pretty neat huh although as wikipedia says paper dolls have been around as long as there has been paper in the twentieth century they were manufacured by both game toy companies and book publishers such as whitman and saalfield this got me wondering how many children s books characters have been made into paper dolls a quick trip around the internet turned up curious george madeline the little house girls ramona beezus and henry ivy and bean and fancy nancy however all of these paper dolls even those based on classic works were produced in recent years although vintage peper dolls were created in the likeness of every movie star you can imagine including some that rather arcane barbara brittain and or unlikely anthony perkins names i can t find any vintage dolls representing older children s books no moffats no melendys no harriet the spy with removable hoodie no margaret from are you there god can you imagine that doll s accessories have you seen any vintage paper dollars based on children s books also this thread makes me wonder if any well known children s book illustrators from the forties fifties or sixties got their start designing or drawing paper dolls that alone might make certain dolls collectable good news fans of zilpha keatley snyder s 1966 novel black and blue magic will be glad to hear that it s being made into a movie for the hallmark network watch your tv listings later this year or early next year i m always glad when a favorite from my own childhood becomes rediscovered by a new generation due to a movie or tv adadptation more good news i was happy to see this poster designed by mike anderick and distributed by the nonprofit group burning through books go viral last week i think it speaks to and for any kids who has ever lost himself or herself in a book finally okay it doesn t have the same prestige of a newbery or national book award sticker but i can t imagine anyone not smiling at this new sticker that mocks the design of the caldecott award and announces that the book it s attached to is caldecott eligible well of course it is nearly every book is caldecott eligible but many are called and few are chosen that sticker can be found on the cover of stephen colbert s new children s book i am a pole and so can you this is the book that colbert pitched to maurice sendak during his recent televised interview and maurice sendak even includes a smiling shrugging cover blurb the sad thing is i like it and with that today s sunday brunch both begins and ends with maurice sendak thanks for visiting please come back soon posted by peter d sieruta at 7 08 pm 8 comments wednesday may 9 2012 maurice sendak 1928 2012 sailing home his supper will still be waiting for him and it will still be hot posted by peter d sieruta at 8 58 am 3 comments tuesday may 8 2012 maurice sendak how it all began in honor of maurice sendak here is a repost of a blog from three years ago telling about the first book he ever illustrated most old science textbooks are virtually worthless yet 1947 s atomics for the millions is highly valued by children s book collectors a true first edition identified by its herringbone patterned endpapers price of 3 50 on both front and back flaps of the dustjacket and notice on the copyright page stating the quality of the materials used in the manufacture of this book is governed by continued postwar shortages of atomics for the millions can be sold for the thousands i ve seen copies priced as high as 1500 what makes this book so valuable is it because the lead author dr maxwell leigh eidenoff was part of the atomic bomb project at columbia university and the university of chicago no it has more to do with the fact that its co author hyman ruchlis was a science teacher at brooklyn s lafayette high school while working on the book mr ruchlis asked one of his students at lafayette high a gifted young artist if he would provide the illustrations for the volume the student agreed to do the artwork in exchange for 100 and now here s a kid after my own heart a passing grade in class this kid also got his name on the title page atomics for the millions was the first ever book illustrated by maurice sendak he was only nineteen when it was published and it would be another four years before he illustrated his first children s book the wonderful farm by marcel aymé since that time of course maurice sendak where the wild things are in the night kitchen has become one of the premiere children s book creators of our time is it any wonder that so many book collectors want a copy of mr sendak s very first published work even though it is a science textbook here is his debut illustration from chapter one of atomics and chapter one of his career reportedly mr sendak wasn t happy with his illustrations for this volume he later inscribed one copy of the book with the phrase my first worst and it clearly is the work of a young artist a little primitive a little messy and unpolished but also bursting with enthusiasm talent and unfettered creativity it s fascinating to look at the wide array of illustration styles maurice sendak employed in these pages in fact it s easy to imagine the young artist going off in any number of career directions after finishing this book he could have specialized in portraiture or caricature he could have illustrated nonfiction and historical novels incidentally you can click on any of these pictures to supersize them he could have gotten into advertising illustration and what a far cry those bunnies are from the rabbit he later drew for meindert dejong s shadrach he could have illustrated funny middle grade fiction or worked in comic books this one looks like a panel from a newspaper comic strip and of course he could have continued illustrating science and technical books or branched out into animation but do you think that anyone looking at this illustration would have predicted a career as a picture book illustrator i m not sure i would have you ll recall that atomics for the millions started with a picture of a road it ends with one as well and of the dozens and dozens of varied illustrations sendak contributed to the book i think that last picture is my favorite reminiscent of an editorial cartoon the illustration depicts mankind at the crossroads after dropping the atomic bomb but i read other significance into this picture as well to me it symbolizes the young maurice sendak who has just spent the past two hundred and fify pages showing us the breadth and depth of his talent now he s at the crossroads ready to start his career which direction will he go science books advertising comic strips editorial cartoons he had a world of possibilities to choose from how lucky we were that he ended up following the road that led to children s books posted by peter d sieruta at 3 52 pm 3 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me peter d sieruta i ve been involved with children s books most of my life from my earliest days working in the grade school library to my current job cataloging children s books for a university i ve published young adult fiction as well as thousands of book reviews and have contributed articles and essays to a number of magazines and reference volumes dealing with the topic of children s books to see the books in my collection please visit librarything com catalog psierut and click on author to get an alphabetical by author view i can be reached at newbery13 aol com view my complete profile blog archive 2012 18 may 3 sunday brunch for mothers and maurice maurice sendak 1928 2012 maurice sendak how it all began april 5 march 2 february 3 january 5 2011 59 december 4 november 3 october 7 september 4 august 3 july 5 june 6 may 6 april 4 march 5 february 5 january 7 2010 70 december 4 november 5 october 5 september 6 august 6 july 7 june 5 may 3 april 9 march 4 february 8 january 8 2009 130 december 10 november 10 october 10 september 12 august 10 july 11 june 10 may 11 april 12 march 13 february 10 january 11 2008 191 december 12 november 11 october 11 september 11 august 13 july 14 june 14 may 14 april 17 march 25 february 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