A shimmer of joy : one hundred children's picture books in America / by Chris Loker ; with contributions by Cathryn M. Mercier, Joel Silver, & Michael F. Suarez.
"...produced in two editions. The deluxe edition, of 50 copies, features a leather spine, with decorative paper boards photo-reproduced from hand-painted paper by Eric Carle, famed author-illustrator of the picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The deluxe edition is presented in a slipcase, and hand-numbered and signed by the author and book designer. The standard edition, of 200 copies, is clothbound, with photo-reproduced decorative endpapers. It is hand-numbered and signed by the author. Both editions are set in the types of Justus Erich Walbaum, in digital versions from Berthold and Monotype, with Hermann Zapf's Saphir type. Printed in China by C&C Offset Printing Company, Ltd. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
I. Picture book compendium -- Picture book proclamation -- Picture book poem -- Picture book definitions -- II. Essays -- What is a picture book? / by Chris Loker -- Early illustration for children: a long prologue, and a short history in eight books / by Joel Silver -- Childhood's pictures: framing the contemporary picturebook / by Cathryn M. Mercier -- From paper to pixels and beyond: the future of the book for children / by Michael F. Suarez with Chris Loker -- III. Children's picture books in America, 1900-2015 -- References -- One hundred picture books -- 1900 through 1920: The early modern picture book -- 1920 through 1945: Picture books between the world wars -- 1945 through 1975: Picture books from the postwar boom to the counterculture -- 1975 through 2015: The contemporary picture book.
Summary:
"In this volume, Chris Loker, the proprietor of the Children's Book Gallery, an antiquarian children's bookshop in San Francisco, profiles and reflects on the legacies of iconic American children's books, spanning from 1900 to the present day (with the last title being published in 2015). Being co-published with the Book Club of California as well as Godine, this book was inspired by an exhibition with the Grolier Club in 2015 that profiled "One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature""-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.