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From: leonardsma at aol.com <leonardsma>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:39:55 -0400
It was clear from my conversation with her that she was very proud of that. I think she went to some of the fan conventions. It was like her to go against the grain a publish a series. She also published more poetry than most editors. And when she retired she retired and went on to have a different life, among other things as the volunteer curator who organized the textile collection at the Metropolitian Museum of Art.
Leonard S. Marcus
54 Willow Street, #2A
Brooklyn, New York 11201
tel 718 596-1897
e-mail leonardsma at aol.com
web www.leonardmarcus.com
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From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon at BrooklynPublicLibrary.org>
To: ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu
Sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 5:18 pm
Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] MINDERS OF MAKE-BELIEVE
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 _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-net
Received on Mon 21 Jul 2008 04:39:55 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:39:55 -0400
It was clear from my conversation with her that she was very proud of that. I think she went to some of the fan conventions. It was like her to go against the grain a publish a series. She also published more poetry than most editors. And when she retired she retired and went on to have a different life, among other things as the volunteer curator who organized the textile collection at the Metropolitian Museum of Art.
Leonard S. Marcus
54 Willow Street, #2A
Brooklyn, New York 11201
tel 718 596-1897
e-mail leonardsma at aol.com
web www.leonardmarcus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Hendon, Alison <A.Hendon at BrooklynPublicLibrary.org>
To: ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu
Sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 5:18 pm
Subject: Re: [CCBC-Net] MINDERS OF MAKE-BELIEVE
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 _______________________________________________ CCBC-Net mailing list CCBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Visit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-net
Received on Mon 21 Jul 2008 04:39:55 PM CDT
