Touchstones: reflections on the best in children's literature : picture books / [edited by Perry Nodelman]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: West Lafayette, IN : Children's Literature Association, c1985, 1987, 1989.Description: 3 v ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0937263036
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Contents:
Introduction : On words and pictures, neglected noteworthies, and touchstones in training / Perry Nodelman -- Edward Ardizzone's Little Tim and the brave sea captain : an art of contrasts / Peter Hunt -- L. Leslie Brooke's Johnny Crow's garden : the gentle humor of implied stories / Marilyn Apseloff -- Virginia Lee Burton's The little house : technological change and fundamental verities / Jon C. Stott and Teresa Krier -- Randolph Caldecott's picture books : the invention of a genre / Ellin Greene -- Walter Crane's The baby's opera : a commodious dwelling / Patricia Demers -- Wanda Gg��?�'s Millions of cats : unity through repetition / Mary Kissel -- Kate Greenaway's A apple pie : an atmosphere of sober joy / Patricia Dooley -- Ezra Jack Keats' The snowy day : the wisdom of a pure heart / Kenneth A. Marantz -- Robert Lawson's The story of Ferdinand : death in the afternoon or life under
Beatrix Potter's The tale of Peter Rabbit : a small masterpiece / Jackie F. Eastman -- Arthur Rackham's Fairy book : a confrontation with the marvelous / Gillian Adams -- Maurice Sendak's Where the wild things are : picture book poetry / Raymond E. Jones -- Dr. Seuss' The 500 hats of Bartholomew Cubbins : of hats and kings / Mavis Reimer -- But are they good for children? : the touchstones and growth in childhood / John Gough -- Contemporary illustrators : tomorrow's classics? / Patricia Dooley -- Balancing acts : noteworthy American fiction / Perry Nodelman -- The stream of fiction : recent British children's fiction / Rodrick McGillis.
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Introduction : On words and pictures, neglected noteworthies, and touchstones in training / Perry Nodelman -- Edward Ardizzone's Little Tim and the brave sea captain : an art of contrasts / Peter Hunt -- L. Leslie Brooke's Johnny Crow's garden : the gentle humor of implied stories / Marilyn Apseloff -- Virginia Lee Burton's The little house : technological change and fundamental verities / Jon C. Stott and Teresa Krier -- Randolph Caldecott's picture books : the invention of a genre / Ellin Greene -- Walter Crane's The baby's opera : a commodious dwelling / Patricia Demers -- Wanda Gg��?�'s Millions of cats : unity through repetition / Mary Kissel -- Kate Greenaway's A apple pie : an atmosphere of sober joy / Patricia Dooley -- Ezra Jack Keats' The snowy day : the wisdom of a pure heart / Kenneth A. Marantz -- Robert Lawson's The story of Ferdinand : death in the afternoon or life under

Beatrix Potter's The tale of Peter Rabbit : a small masterpiece / Jackie F. Eastman -- Arthur Rackham's Fairy book : a confrontation with the marvelous / Gillian Adams -- Maurice Sendak's Where the wild things are : picture book poetry / Raymond E. Jones -- Dr. Seuss' The 500 hats of Bartholomew Cubbins : of hats and kings / Mavis Reimer -- But are they good for children? : the touchstones and growth in childhood / John Gough -- Contemporary illustrators : tomorrow's classics? / Patricia Dooley -- Balancing acts : noteworthy American fiction / Perry Nodelman -- The stream of fiction : recent British children's fiction / Rodrick McGillis.

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