A grandmother tells the story of her eventful life in early twentieth-century Europe and her arrival in the United States after World War II

My Grandmother's Journey

Children's Books

Cech, John

Literature & Fiction

Simon&Schuster Children's Publishing

Jacques-Henri Lartigue: Boy with a camera

Introduces young readers to the life and artistry of Jacques-Henri Lartigue, a young boy whose photographic images--which began with his seventh birthday and continued through the rest of his life--capture the world of pre-war Europe.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue: Boy With a Camera

Arts, Music & Photography

Simon&Schuster

In this retelling of a Floridian legend, a boy learns to fiddle and later uses his music to save the forest animals from the floods caused by a hurricane

Django

Over the course of more than eighty books that he has written and illustrated in a career that has spanned four decades, Maurice Sendak has become the most influential and, at times, the most controversial creator of works for children. Each of the books in his trilogy—Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Outside Over There—has been precedent-setting, dramatically expanding the boundaries of subject matter and images that have been conventionally accepted in books for younger children. In this first comprehensive reading of Sendak's key works, John Cech considers the symbolic child who has appeared and developed in Sendak's books and remains at the center of his vision.
By fusing biographical, historical, cultural, and literary materials with the insights of depth psychology and archetypal theory, this study traces the evolution of Sendak's work—from its first, bold steps in the 1950s, to its liberating breakthroughs of the 1960s and early 1970s, to the rich complexity of his most recent books. Though touching on many of the works that Sendak has been involved with, Cech concentrates on those books that Sendak has both written and illustrated. It is in these books that we can see most clearly the poesis of Sendak's art, the alchemy of his creative process that has woven together the remembrances of his own things past, the spirit of his times, the history of children's literature, and Sendak's animating concern with the archetypal figure of the child—a symbol of creative potential, emotional vitality, and spiritual renewal.

Angels and Wild Things: The Archetypal Poetics of Maurice Sendak

Penn State University Press

This new edition includes a preface by the author covering Sendak’s life, work, and cultural impact in the years since 1994.
Over the course of more than ninety books, in a career that spanned six decades, Maurice Sendak became the most influential and, at times, the most controversial creator of works for children. Each of the books in his trilogy—Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Outside Over There—was precedent setting, dramatically expanding the boundaries of subject matter and images that have been conventionally accepted in books for younger children. In this first comprehensive reading of Sendak’s key works, John Cech considers the symbolic child who was developed in Sendak’s books and who remained at the center of his vision.
By fusing biographical, historical, cultural, and literary materials with the insights of depth psychology and archetypal theory, this study traces the evolution of Sendak’s work—from its first, bold steps in the 1950s, to its liberating breakthroughs of the 1960s and early 1970s, to the rich complexity of his later books. Cech concentrates on those books that Sendak has both written and illustrated. In these books, we can see most clearly the alchemy of his creative process, which wove together the remembrances of his own things past, the spirit of his times, the history of children’s literature, and Sendak’s animating concern with the archetypal figure of the child—a symbol of creative potential, emotional vitality, and spiritual renewal.

Teen & Young Adult

A stunning, informative pictorial tribute to the leading creative force in the production of films for children--Weston Woods Studios and its founder, Mort Schindel Please see extended summary on next page.

Imagination and Innovation: The Story of Weston Woods

Biographies

Scholastic Press

Story of a boy's first camera in 1902. Great B&amp;W photos.

Silver, Burdett, Ginn

Meeting his match at the height of his ninth life, Southernmost Cat begins a tug-of-war with a huge, hungry fish that is just as stubborn as he is, and the old cat begins a wondrous journey around the globe.

Southernmost Cat, The

Action & Adventure

Aladdin

This book focuses on the human and artistic dimensions of the contacts between Charles Olson and Edward Dahlberg, two of the most interesting figures of modern American letters.

Charles Olson and Edward Dahlberg: A Portrait of a Friendship (Els Monograph)

United States

English Literary Studies

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My Grandmother's Journey

Jacques-Henri Lartigue: Boy With a Camera

Django

Angels and Wild Things: The Archetypal Poetics of Maurice Sendak

Angels and Wild Things: The Archetypal Poetics of Maurice Sendak

Imagination and Innovation: The Story of Weston Woods

Jacques-Henri Lartigue: Boy with a camera

Southernmost Cat, The

My Grandmother's Journey

Charles Olson and Edward Dahlberg: A Portrait of a Friendship (Els Monograph)