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From: leonardsma_at_aol.com
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:26:23 -0400
It's also interesting that the US now has three museums devoted to pictur e book art (the Carle Museum, the Mazza Museum, and the National Center fo r Children's Illustrated Literature); that more art schools than ever give students the chance to specialize in children's book illustration; that many of the finest editorial illustrators are experimenting in the pictur e-book genre, thus further enlarging the pool of talent; and that at least four smaller publishing companies (Phaidon, Enchanted Lion, Sterling --wh ich is owned by Barnes and Noble--, and NY Review of Books) currently have expanding lists of picure-book reissues. These indicators all point to a future for picture books. If history serves, the genre is likely to outla st some of the publishers who say they can't sell them.
Leonard
Leonard S. Marcus 54 Willow Street, #2A Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
T 718 596-1897 E leonardsma_at_aol.com W www.leonardmarcus.com
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From: Hendon, Alison To: CCBC Sent: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 2:19 pm Subject: RE:
Picture Books
Our picture book (combined with board book) circulation last year was the highest circulating children's format (higher than fiction or easy readers, for instance.) I think that part of the issue with the bookstores is that the books are expensive (comparatively) in hardcover and may not have an extended reading life. Of course there are those classics or the personal appeal books that will be read over and over, but thank goodness for being able to check out an armload of picture books from the library!
Alison
Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:26:23 -0400
It's also interesting that the US now has three museums devoted to pictur e book art (the Carle Museum, the Mazza Museum, and the National Center fo r Children's Illustrated Literature); that more art schools than ever give students the chance to specialize in children's book illustration; that many of the finest editorial illustrators are experimenting in the pictur e-book genre, thus further enlarging the pool of talent; and that at least four smaller publishing companies (Phaidon, Enchanted Lion, Sterling --wh ich is owned by Barnes and Noble--, and NY Review of Books) currently have expanding lists of picure-book reissues. These indicators all point to a future for picture books. If history serves, the genre is likely to outla st some of the publishers who say they can't sell them.
Leonard
Leonard S. Marcus 54 Willow Street, #2A Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
T 718 596-1897 E leonardsma_at_aol.com W www.leonardmarcus.com
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From: Hendon, Alison To: CCBC Sent: Thu, Nov 4, 2010 2:19 pm Subject: RE:
Picture Books
Our picture book (combined with board book) circulation last year was the highest circulating children's format (higher than fiction or easy readers, for instance.) I think that part of the issue with the bookstores is that the books are expensive (comparatively) in hardcover and may not have an extended reading life. Of course there are those classics or the personal appeal books that will be read over and over, but thank goodness for being able to check out an armload of picture books from the library!
Alison
Alison Hendon Youth Selection Team Leader Brooklyn Public Library a.hendon_at_brooklynpubliclibrary.org
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