By Leonard Marcus
Illustrated by Ursula Nordstom

Here are the editorial letters of Nordstom, director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973. Working with such talents as Maurice Sendak, E.B. White, Margaret Wise Brown, Shel Silverstein, Garth Williams, and John Steptoe- Nordstrom recognized that each was a genius to be nurtured, encouraged and published.

By Eileen Christelow
Illustrated by Eileen Christelow

"Much of the pleasure of this information- packed book lies in the warm, unique way it addresses such problems as what authors do when they get stuck, how long it takes for a book to be illustrated, or to get through production. This is wonderful." - Kirkus Reviews

By Eileen Christelow
Illustrated by Eileen Christelow

"How does one portray the creative impulse? Or the personal investment an artist makes in his or her work? Christelow has captured such elusive matters as well as a host of practical ones in this witty, lucid account of what authors do." - ALA Booklist, starred review.

By Uri Shulevitz
Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz

Contents: Telling the Story, Planning the Book, Creating the Pictures, Preparing for Reproduction

By Lisa Rojany Buccieri and Peter Economy

Want to write a great children's book and make it stand out from the crowd? This easy-to-follow guide provides step-by-step instruction in everything you need to know, from crafting a unique manuscript to finding an agent. You get savvy advice and tips on navigating the entire publishing process and turning your dream into a well-written, saleable book!

By Molly Bang
Illustrated by Molly Bang

How can shapes, color, and composition make us feel the way things look? Find the answers to these and many more questions as Caldecott Honor Award-winning book illustrator Molly Bang leads you on a fascinating tour of the power of perception. Using the classic fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" as an ingenious visual example, Bang dramatically reveals how pictures work in a deceptively simple - yet entirely original and accessible back to basics presentation.

By Aliki

By Helen Lester

By The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

n this remarkable and beautiful anthology featuring the likes of Maurice Sendak, Robert Sabuda, Rosemary Wells, and Eric Carle, twenty-three of the most honored and beloved artists in children’s literature talk informally to children — sharing secrets about their art and how they began their adventures into illustration. Fold-out pages featuring photographs of their early work, their studios and materials, as well as sketches and finished art create an exuberant feast for the eye that will attract both children and adults.

Self-portraits of each illustrator crown this important anthology that celebrates the artists and the art of the picture book. An event book for the ages.

All proceeds from the book will benefit The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.

By Leonard S. Marcus

What should children read? As the preeminent children's literature authority, Leonard S. Marcus, shows incisively, that's the three-hundred-year-old question that sparked the creation of a rambunctious children's book publishing scene in Colonial times. And it's the urgent issue that went on to fuel the transformation of twentieth-century children's book publishing from a genteel backwater to big business

From The New England Primer to The Cat in the Hat to The Chocolate War, Marcus offers a richly informed, witty appraisal of the pivotal books that transformed children's book publishing, and brings alive the revealing synergy between books like these and the national mood of their times.