CLRC: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter

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CLRC: The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter

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LSM Books

Eric Carle Museum in Massachusetts

Leonard S Marcus in black and white

Rebecca Brown

ABC banners

Babymouse Queen of the World by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm original art, a small mouse preparing to be Queen

Babymouse Queen of the World by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm process art, digital drawing a small mouse practicing being a Queen

Babymouse Queen of the World by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm cover, a small mouse in a crown standing on top of the world

Jonas and Schultz

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish interior, a woman standing in front of a large house watching a car drive away

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish manuscript, black text on white paper with pencil edits in the margins

I Stink by Kate McMullan process art, several small paintings of a garbage truck in various places

I Stink by Kate McMullan process art, a garbage truck driving away from a city

All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor interior, black text on white paper

All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor manuscript with edits

Association for Library Service to Children logo

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang interior page, two Chinese teens talking about Milk Tea

Maus by Art Spiegelman interior page, two humanoid mice having a discussion about the past

The Wheels on the Bus by Paul O Zelinsky process art, a person getting off a bus

The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer, A Moveable Toy Book by Lothar Meggendorfer cover, a jester on a stage in a dancing position

Crocodile Tears by André François slip cover, slip cover is designed to look like a package

Crocodile Tears by André François slip cover, '1 Crocodile' is typed while the rest of the slip cover is designed to look like a package

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág process art, an old man under a tree looking at a cat and an old man holding several cats in his arms

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter interior page, a well dressed frog fishing

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter interior page, a well dressed frog speaking with a snail

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher by Beatrix Potter cover, a well dressed frog floating on a lily pad

Stuff and Nonsense by A.B. Frost interior page, an elderly man painting and examining horses

The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge, several still images of horses running

Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon cover featuring a black and white image of Margaret Wise Brown

New ABC of It Square

ABC of It square

Alabama Restricts Children's Book In Which White, Black Rabbits Wed newspaper clipping

Seduction of the Innocent by Fredric Wertham cover, large bold black text on a white background

Calico the Wonder Horse by Virgina Lee Burton process art, four panels of sketches with a man on a horse

Calico the Wonder Horse by Virginia Lee Burton interior page, a horse galloping

Calico the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker by Vigrinia Lee Burton cover, a cowboy, a horse and a cactus

Book Week Poster 100 years illustrated by Yuyi Morales, a group of children gathered around a large open book, 2019

Albanian Wonder Tales art by Miska and Maud Petersham process art, a man carrying a child on his shoulders

Albanian Wonder Tales by Post Wheeler cover, a sketch of a horse on dark blue book board

Little Black Sambo illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren cover, a young boy is talking to a tiger who holds an umbrella with its tail

Little Black Sambo process art illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren, a woman is admiring her son who is dressed in a red jacket, and holding a green umbrella

Little Black Sambo process art illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren, a proud tiger is wearing a red coat

Little Black Sambo process art illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren, a proud tiger is holding a green umbrella with its tail

The Poky Little Puppy illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren process art, Poky sitting in a flower field with one ear up

The Poky Little Puppy illustrated by Gustaf Tenggren process art, four puppies walking away

Winnie Il Pu by AA Milne cover, translated to latin by Alexander Lenard, Pooh is wearing a gladiator uniform surrounded by marble columns

Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne 1935 cover, all the characters of the Pooh universe in a diamond patter on a tan background

Tuesday by David Wiesner process art, a storyboard sketch closeup

Dime Novel "Fighting Tom the Terror of the Toughs" cover, men boxing and swooning women in black and white

Tuesday by David Wiesner process art, a complete layout of the book in miniature storyboard format

Tuesday by David Wiesner process art, a storyboard sketch

Tuesday by David Wiesner process art, several frogs on lily pads flying through the air behind a dog

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell cover, two grown penguins cuddling a penguin chick

Tango Article

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka manuscript, black text on white paper with pen edits

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka book dummy, black ink on white paper

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka process art, a cheese man running across green hills

The Story of Ferdinand illustrated by Robert Lawson process art, a small calf smelling a flower in a meadow

The Story of Ferdinand illustrated by Robert Lawson process art, a close up of a bull with flowers wrapped around its horns

The Story of Ferdinand process art by Robert Lawson, villagers are looking at a larger poster for 'Ferdinando' in the middle of a village square

Curious George by H.A. Rey process art, George the monkey climbing a tree to retrieve a kite that has gotten stuck

Curious George by H.A. Rey process art, book dummy sketches of George the monkey doing various activities on lined notebook paper

Curious George by H.A. Rey process art, sketch of monkey George flying a kite

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton process art for the cover, a small pink house with trees on either side of it

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton process art, a little pink house in the evening under a starry sky

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton process art, a small pink house through the seasons and years

The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton process art, a small pink house on a summer day

Speaking Likenesses by Christina Rossetti cover, gold etching of a woman tucking in a child, several animals are gathered around

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown interior page, right side of bedroom, with small rabbit in bed

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown interior page, left side of bedroom with the old woman whispering 'hush'

Good Night Moon cover

Goodnight Moon process art by Clement Hurd, right side of the bedroom, darker paint has been added

Goodnight Moon process art by Clement Hurd, left side of the bedroom, darker paint has been added

Goodnight Moon process art by Clement Hurd, painting of the right side of the bedroom, first layer of paint
Photographic scan of interior for Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. Full-color tempera illustration is set on a cream paper with painted gray edge. Illustration features a bedroom…

Goodnight Moon process art by Clement Hurd, left side illustration of the bedroom in black and white, edits have been made to the page
Photographic scan of interior for Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. Illustration is set on a larger mottled cream paper with page placement marks visible along all the edges.…

Lisa Von Drasek

Lucy Sprague Mitchell at a type writer

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág process art, sketches of cats and abstract figures

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág process art, a landscape of several hills and farms

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág process art, an old man wandering several hilltops

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág typed manuscript

La Chenille Affamée by Eric Carle French translation cover, a large green caterpillar with a red face

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Japanese translation cover, a large green caterpillar with a red face

Babymouse Queen of the World by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm process art, a sketch of a small mouse on a throne wearing a crown

Baby mouse Process art 2

Babymouse Queen of the World by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm process art, digital drawing of a small mouse in a crown on a throne

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson interior page, a teenage girl meeting a man with a mustache who is a super villain

The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag cover, a teenage boy kneeling in a corner and reading by candlelight

New Kid by Jerry Craft interior page, a boy is writing in a notebook and talking to his parents about moving

New Kid by Jerry Craft cover, a boy is writing in a notebook

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson cover, two female figures and a male figure in armor preparing for battle

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel interior page, a girl describing her time at her grandmothers business

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel cover, a drawing of a family portrait featuring a woman and three children

Smile by Raina Telgemeier interior page, a girl talking to her friends about braces

Smile by Raina Telgemeier cover, a large yellow smiley face is wearing braces

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki interior page, a group of teenagers at a school dance

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki cover, a couple is embracing in a garden

University of Minnesota logo, a large gold letter 'M' in the center of a maroon circle

Dance photography by Susan Kuklin process art, a Polaroid photo of a man dancing against a white background

Dance by Bill T Jones interior, a mans arm against a white background
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