Leonard S. Marcus
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1110L
Language
English
Description
Profiles six Caldecott award winning books and their authors, including Robert McCloskey's "Make Way for Ducklings, " Marcia Brown's "Cinderella, " Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are, " William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, " Chris Van Allsburg's "Jumanji, " and David Wiesner's "Tuesday."
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 1280L
Language
English
Description
Available in time for the 75th anniversary of the Caldecott Medal, an utterly unique biography of the remarkable artist the award honors: Randolph Caldecott, the father of the modern picture book. Includes never-before-published drawings by Caldecott himself.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Interviews with 13 American and English authors of fantasy fiction discussing their lives, literary influences, work routines and their beliefs about the place of fantasy in literature and our lives. Includes a "reader" listing each author's major fantasy works.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Max and Mickey; Miss Nelson; Pack, Quack, and Mrs. Mallard; Pigeon; Sylvester; John Henry; and a very hungry caterpillar - these are just a few of the beloved picture book characters discussed in Show Me a Story.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"You've seen headlines about banned books. In probing, anecdote-filled interviews with thirteen leading authors of books for young people, historian and critic Leonard S. Marcus goes behind the headlines to uncover the experience of having one's work challenged or banned in the United States. These thoughtful conversations include eloquent reflections on the nature of freedom of expression, the impact of censorship on individuals and society alike,...
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Presents interviews with fifteen well-known children's writers, including Judy Blume, Karen Cushman, Russell Freedman, James Howe, Lois Lowry, Gary Paulsen, and Laurence Yep.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This second volume gathers the final four Kairos novels, in which Meg and Calvin's daughter Polly takes center stage. In The Arm of the Starfish, Polly disappears, and Calvin's research assistant is implicated in her kidnapping. In Dragons in the Waters, Polly and her brother Charles are on a steamer bound for Venezuela when they help solve a murder connected to a stolen portrait of Simon Bolivar. Polly receives an education in different kinds of...
19) The Borrowers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. Includes a letter and a sketch of Homily and Arrietty by the author.