75 Years of Childrens Book Week Posters Celebrating Great Illustrators of American Childrens Books

Over the last 75 years, Children's Book Week has grown from a modest grassroots effort to the present-day nationwide annual celebration of literacy & the pleasures of reading. The posters encourage reading by children &, in turn, reflect a nation struggling with the responsibility of educating its young. The history, social climate, & wider concerns of the country can be traced through the posters, which also reflect the development & growth of the publishing industry. From Jessie Willcox Smith & N.C. Wyeth to Maurice Sendak & Chris Van Allsburg, here are all 69 posters, truly a celebration of great American children's book illustrators. Leonard S. Marcus provides an introductory essay.Marcus, Leonard S. is the author of '75 Years of Childrens Book Week Posters Celebrating Great Illustrators of American Childrens Books' with ISBN 9780756755959 and ISBN 0756755956.