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From: janeyolen at aol.com <janeyolen>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:40:28 -0400
From: janeyolen at aol.com To: nsawicki at nyc.rr.com Sent: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 5:35 pm Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Article/Anne Carroll Moore
I have to add that those of us who have lived through some of the earlier history of children's literature as well as listened to gossip and stories about it, already knew the Anne Carroll Moore story viz Stuart Little. And the internacine battles with the indomitable and un-retireable Ms. Moore.
JaneY
Jane Yolen
www.janeyolen.com
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From: Norma Jean Sawicki <nsawicki at nyc.rr.com>
To: CCBC <CCBC-NET at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
Sent: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 3:14 pm
Subject: [CCBC-Net] Article/Anne Carroll Moore
Leonard Marcus is a modest fellow and it is unlikely he would
announce that much of the material in the article is The New Yorker
appears in his recently published Minders of Make-Believe, Dear
Genius: The Collected Letters of Ursula Nordstrom, and his biography
of Margaret Wise Brown.
As someone with a long time interest, and fascination with the
history of children's book publishing, I commissioned Leonard to
write Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the
Shaping of Children's Literature when I was at Houghton Mifflin. It
was sixteen years in the making, and I was long gone when it was
published in June. One cannot write about the history of children's
book publishing in the U.S. without writing about the development of
library services to children, as well as a number of associations.
The book is chock full of anecdotes and stories about the movers and
shakers of both professions...it is great fun to read and there is,
of course much in it about power and the way it was used...which, of
course, includes Stuart Little.
For those who find the article in The New Yorker interesting, treat
yourself and read Leonard's work...start with Minder of Make-
Believe...you will not be disappointed. Norma Jean
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Received on Tue 15 Jul 2008 04:40:28 PM CDT
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:40:28 -0400
From: janeyolen at aol.com To: nsawicki at nyc.rr.com Sent: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 5:35 pm Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] Article/Anne Carroll Moore
I have to add that those of us who have lived through some of the earlier history of children's literature as well as listened to gossip and stories about it, already knew the Anne Carroll Moore story viz Stuart Little. And the internacine battles with the indomitable and un-retireable Ms. Moore.
JaneY
Jane Yolen
www.janeyolen.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Norma Jean Sawicki <nsawicki at nyc.rr.com>
To: CCBC <CCBC-NET at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
Sent: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 3:14 pm
Subject: [CCBC-Net] Article/Anne Carroll Moore
Leonard Marcus is a modest fellow and it is unlikely he would
announce that much of the material in the article is The New Yorker
appears in his recently published Minders of Make-Believe, Dear
Genius: The Collected Letters of Ursula Nordstrom, and his biography
of Margaret Wise Brown.
As someone with a long time interest, and fascination with the
history of children's book publishing, I commissioned Leonard to
write Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the
Shaping of Children's Literature when I was at Houghton Mifflin. It
was sixteen years in the making, and I was long gone when it was
published in June. One cannot write about the history of children's
book publishing in the U.S. without writing about the development of
library services to children, as well as a number of associations.
The book is chock full of anecdotes and stories about the movers and
shakers of both professions...it is great fun to read and there is,
of course much in it about power and the way it was used...which, of
course, includes Stuart Little.
For those who find the article in The New Yorker interesting, treat
yourself and read Leonard's work...start with Minder of Make-
Believe...you will not be disappointed. Norma Jean
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