Leonard S. Marcus is one of the world's leading writers about children's books and their illustrations. His many books include The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy; Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy; Dear Genius; and others. His essays, interviews, and reviews appear in the New York Times Book Review, among other publications. About Show Me a Story!, he says, "Our favorite picture books speak to us at the start of life and continue to speak to us for the rest of our lives. I find that an amazing achievement." Leonard S. Marcus lives in Brooklyn.
These discussions of the relationship between artists' lives and
the stories they produce, preferences regarding medium or style,
and the unique confluences of circumstance, market and passion are
indubitably worthwhile.
--Kirkus Reviews Eighty-eight plates round out the engaging
portraits and take readers through the creative process from early
sketch to finished piece. Artistically inclined teens will find
much to inspire them here, but they are not the obvious audience.
Rather, these compelling interviewsi1/2and foreword by David
Weisneri1/2will reinforce what teachers, librarians, and parents
already know: picture books matter.
--Booklist Along with the artists' eloquent musings on their
sources of inspiration, Marcus's disarming queries elicit a fine
array of revealing experiences, methods of working, and motivations
for illustrating for children.
--The Horn Book Marcus is the master of asking questions, most
often dealing with childhood and the discovery of artistic talent,
that invite deep and detailed responses. Thus, information and
insights shared by the interviewed artists are revealing and
sometimes unexpected.Who knew that in her youth Vera Williams was
truly a free spirit, that Sir Quentin Blake is now a Knight of the
Realm, or that Maurice Sendak is such a fragile and tortured
soul?
--VOYA This volume provides inspiration and insight into the
creative process.
--School Library Journal Could be considered like chatting with
your favorite American children's book authors while gathered
around the kitchen table. And oh, the stories they'll tell.
--ForeWord Reviews Along with Sendak, 20 other artists discuss in
these pages their work, their childhoods and their years of
creative development. In the process, we get some endearing
insights into the origins of certain much-beloved books.
--The Wall Street Journal
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