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Shaping and Being Shaped by Children's Literature

Shaping (and Being Shaped by) American Children's Literature

 Launch Media

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  • ABOUT Leonard Marcus

    Leonard Marcus is one of the children's book world's most respected and versatile writers, historians, and critics. His highly acclaimed books about children's literature and the authors and artists who create them include: Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon; Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom; and A Caldecott Celebration. Profile

  • ABOUT Audrey Niffenegger

    Audrey Niffeneger trained as a visual artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned her MFA from Northwestern University. She exhibits books, prints, paintings, drawings and comics at Printworks Gallery in Chicago. Her books include The Adventuress, The Three Incestuous Sisters, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry, and The Night Bookmobile. She currently teaches writing courses that specialize in text-image relationships at Columbia College Chicago.

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Children’s books are like a message in a bottle to pass on to future generations.       

Recorded on November 1, 2008.

Author and historian Leonard Marcus discusses children's literature from colonial times to present day. His colleague Audrey Niffenegger muses on her own interaction with children’s books and the impact they've had on her work. Donna Seaman moderates.

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Children, Childhood Development

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