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American Picture Books from Max’s Metaphorical Monsters to Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
In the course of the last thirty years or so, American picture books have become a mainstay of American life — and items of merchandise — without altogether extinguishing the individual creative voice. They have also ceased to be, in any defining way, American.Until very recently, children in Western societies...
To Get a Little More of the Picture: Reviewing Picture Books
"It is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives."— Graham Greene"Any book which is at all important should be reread immediately."— SchopenhauerThe management has suggested that I review picture book reviewing. "Feel free to rant about its sorry state." I also feel wary, as I...
The Picture Book as an Act of Mischief
Poet Theodore Roethke said that poetry was an act of mischief. I’ve always liked that. But to my mind, even more than poetry it is the picture book that is truly an act of mischief. Mischief: “Playful misbehavior or troublemaking, especially in children.” “Playfulness that is intended to tease, or...
An Interview with Walter Lorraine
The multifaceted Walter Lorraine was a designer and art director at Houghton Mifflin before being named Director of Children’s Books, a position he held from 1965–1995. He now heads his own imprint, Walter Lorraine Books. Leonard S. Marcus: How did you get started in publishing?Walter Lorraine: As a student at...
Making Picture Books: The Words
The beginning of a picture book comes before the pictures. In Margaret Wise Brown’s beautiful Goodnight Moon, it was the magic of her words, their simplicity and the music in them, that made Clement Hurd’s now-famous visual interpretation possible. Unless the writer is also an illustrator, the writing always comes...
Making Picture Books: The Pictures
I don’t know exactly how I came to be an illustrator of books. Certainly much art throughout the ages has been in the form of illustration, although not necessarily in books. Since I was very little, I intended to be an artist of some sort. As I grew older, I...
Picture Book, Picture Book, on the Wall...
Pictures that tell a story have been with us for a very long time. The cave painters showed us their world and their beliefs, and the Egyptians created storytelling murals in their tombs. Medieval scribes painted exquisite illustrations in their prayer books, and the painters who followed continued the storytelling...
Over and Over
“Once there was a little girl who didn’t understand about time.”So, with deceptive simplicity — for who, of any age, does understand time? — did my mother, Charlotte Zolotow, begin her book Over and Over, first published in 1957.As I write these words today, Charlotte is ninety-seven and I am...
Studio Views: Family Albums
Photographing children is both exhilarating and exhausting. When I’m faced with a toddler’s classic meltdown, I wonder why I base my livelihood and sense of personal success on the whims of two- and three-year-olds. I wonder how I can capture natural, appealing photos in spite of runny noses, low blood...
Studio Views: My Next Medium
My favorite medium, my ideal medium, is the one I haven’t used yet. Or, maybe, it’s the one that I’m contemplating using, toying with using, in my next book, Lordy! I think to myself, Lordy!, in my next book, I’m going to CUT LOOSE! In my next book. With my...
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