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From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:18:34 -0400
Leonard Marcus wrote:
>
> I'm glad you asked. Elizabeth Riley is one of those who is
> no longer alive. She started at T.Y. Crowell in 1938, founded
> the company's children's book division, and during the
> post-war years launched the "Let's Read and Find Out" series
> of science books for young readers. That series was extremely
> popular and probably inspired more than a few children of the
> time to choose a career in science. It's not quite as well
> known to people with an interest in children's book history
> as say the I Can Read series published by Harper starting at
> about the same time because, I think, nonfiction books
> generally haven't had quite the same cache and recognition as
> storybooks. But that series, which was edited by Franklyn
> Branley (of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC), was hugely
> important. "Miss Riley," as people still refer to her, was an
> amazing woman. She published her first book about rocketry
> years BEFORE Sputnik. And well before Ezra Jack Keats and The
> Snowy Day, she made a point of inte grating the casts of
> characters in the illustrations of Crowell books.
>
I know Miss Riley as the editor of the Betsy-Tacy books!
Alison
Received on Mon 21 Jul 2008 04:18:34 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:18:34 -0400
Leonard Marcus wrote:
>
> I'm glad you asked. Elizabeth Riley is one of those who is
> no longer alive. She started at T.Y. Crowell in 1938, founded
> the company's children's book division, and during the
> post-war years launched the "Let's Read and Find Out" series
> of science books for young readers. That series was extremely
> popular and probably inspired more than a few children of the
> time to choose a career in science. It's not quite as well
> known to people with an interest in children's book history
> as say the I Can Read series published by Harper starting at
> about the same time because, I think, nonfiction books
> generally haven't had quite the same cache and recognition as
> storybooks. But that series, which was edited by Franklyn
> Branley (of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC), was hugely
> important. "Miss Riley," as people still refer to her, was an
> amazing woman. She published her first book about rocketry
> years BEFORE Sputnik. And well before Ezra Jack Keats and The
> Snowy Day, she made a point of inte grating the casts of
> characters in the illustrations of Crowell books.
>
I know Miss Riley as the editor of the Betsy-Tacy books!
Alison
Received on Mon 21 Jul 2008 04:18:34 PM CDT
