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New Releases by Leonard S. MarcusLeonard S. Marcus is the author of Earthrise (2025), Pictured Worlds (2023), Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait (2023), You Can't Say That! (2021), Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration (2019).
release date: Mar 04, 2025
release date: Mar 28, 2023
A lavishly illustrated, large-format reference book highlighting the work of 101 top children’s illustrators The illustrated children’s book came of age in the 18th century alongside the rising middle-class demand for economic and social advancement. Inspired by philosopher John Locke’s prescient insights into child development, London publisher John Newbery established the first commercial market for illustrated “juveniles” in the West, and the impact of the model he set for books tailored to the interests and capabilities of young readers has spanned the globe, spurring higher literacy rates, cultural enfranchisement, and a better life for generations of children. In Pictured Worlds, renowned historian Leonard S. Marcus shares his incomparable knowledge of this global cultural phenomenon in the definitive reference work on children’s book illustration. The author of more than 25 award-winning books, Marcus here highlights an international roster of 101 artists of the last 250 years whose touchstone achievements collectively chart the major trends and turning points in the history of children’s book illustration. While some illustrators explored in this lively volume (John Tenniel, Maurice Sendak) have become household names, Marcus’s wide-ranging survey also shines a light on several lesser-known figures whose unique contributions merit a closer look. The result is a sweeping chronicle of a vibrant art form and cultural driver that has touched the lives of literate peoples everywhere. Over 400 illustrations showcase landmark books from Great Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Czech Republic, Russia, Japan, China, Korea, Bulgaria, Argentina, Cameroon, and more. Each illustrated entry is comprised of an artist’s biography and career overview and a deep-dive look at a pivotal book and its legacy. Featured books include Ivan Bilibin’s The Golden Cockerel, Leo Lionni’s Inch by Inch, Richard Doyle’s In Fairyland, Kveta Pacovská’s One, Five, Many, Helen Oxenbury’s We’re Going On a Bear Hunt, Mitsumasa Anno’s Anno’s Journey, and Zhu Cheng-Liang’s A New Year’s Reunion, as well as the books that introduced such iconic characters as Alice, Max, Struwwelpeter, the Little Prince, and Winnie-the-Pooh. At once a celebration of illustrated children’s books and an essential reference work, Pictured Worlds encapsulates, in the author’s words, “the special nature of the illustrated children’s book as a cultural enterprise that is at once a rewarding art form, a bridge across cultures, and a ladder between generations.”
Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait
release date: Jan 03, 2023
release date: Jul 13, 2021
Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration
release date: Apr 09, 2019
100 Years of Children's Book Week Posters
release date: Mar 05, 2019
release date: Jan 01, 2019
release date: Oct 16, 2018
Great Green Rooms of Our Making
release date: Aug 01, 2017
The Runaway Bunny: A 75th Anniversary Retrospective
release date: Jan 24, 2017
release date: Feb 17, 2016
release date: Nov 17, 2015
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and Friends
release date: Jan 01, 2014
release date: Sep 10, 2013
release date: Aug 27, 2013
release date: Nov 13, 2012
release date: Jun 01, 2010
release date: Jul 15, 2009
release date: Jan 01, 2009
release date: Feb 05, 2008
release date: Jan 01, 2008
release date: Dec 26, 2006
release date: Jun 01, 2006
release date: Jan 01, 2006
release date: Oct 01, 2005
release date: Jan 01, 2003
The Art of Maurice Sendak
release date: Jan 01, 2002
75 Years of Childrens Book Week Posters
release date: May 01, 2001
The Making of Goodnight Moon
release date: Nov 01, 1996
release date: Jan 01, 1996
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