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FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/6/99, 9:12 AM

One of the librarians here is looking for early
picture books. We are not sure how far back "picture
books" go. They definitely weren't called picture
books years agao nor do I remember the term "chapter
books" from my youth but that is the term the kids use
now to differentiate. The farthest back she has found
is Suess but she was wondering if there were "picture
books" in the 30's. Any thoughts?

Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library

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FROM: "Marsha Valance " <Mvalan@mpl.org>
REC'D: 12/6/99, 10:39 AM

Kate Greenaway illustrated picture books in the mid-19th century, but I believe they went even further back. Why not check a children's literature textbook?


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <mvalan@mpl.org>

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>>> "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG> 12/06 8:16 AM >>>
One of the librarians here is looking for early
picture books. We are not sure how far back "picture
books" go. They definitely weren't called picture
books years agao nor do I remember the term "chapter
books" from my youth but that is the term the kids use
now to differentiate. The farthest back she has found
is Suess but she was wondering if there were "picture
books" in the 30's. Any thoughts?

Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library

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Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
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FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/6/99, 11:59 AM

Briefly, picture books as we know them began with Walter Crane
(1845-1915), Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886), Kate Greenaway(1846-1901),
and Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) at the end of the 19th century . .
.Caldecott's heavy use of line strongly influenced the illustration
styles of Beatrix Potter (early 1900's), Edward Ardizzone, Howard Pyle,
and Maurice Sendak (1960s-present).

Some early picture book artists:

Wanda Gag (late 1920s-30s)
Millions of Cats
The Funny Thing
The ABC Bunny

Jean De Brunhoff (1930s):
The Babar the Elephant books

Hans Augusto Rey (1940's)
Curious George books

Ludwig Bemelmans(late 30s-40s)
Madeline books

Robert Lawson (1930s)
The Story of Ferdinand

Vuirginia Lee Burton (30s-60s)
The Little House
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel
Katy and the Big Snow


The 40s and 50s were quite prolific Marcia Brown, Dr. Seuss, Keats,
Lionni,
Thatcher Hurd/Margaret Wise Brown, etc.

Earlier picture books tend to be illustrated fables, nursery rhymes and
other poetry, fairy tales, Bible stories, etc.

Hope this helps.
Cynthia Grady
Children's Librarian

Fiction_L wrote:

> One of the librarians here is looking for early
> picture books. We are not sure how far back "picture
> books" go. They definitely weren't called picture
> books years agao nor do I remember the term "chapter
> books" from my youth but that is the term the kids use
> now to differentiate. The farthest back she has found
> is Suess but she was wondering if there were "picture
> books" in the 30's. Any thoughts?
>
> Jeanne Heuer
> Brown County Library
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
> Yahoo! Shopping: <A HREF="http://shopping.yahoo.com">http://shopping.yahoo.com</A>

FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/7/99, 3:52 PM

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From: Jean Meadors <jmeadors@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
To: Fiction_L <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
Subject: Re: early picture books (fwd)
Date: Mon, Dec 6, 1999, 4:20 PM


How about Margaret Wise Brown books? She died in 1952 so am sure she was
writing in the late 40's???
Jean


On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Fiction_L wrote:

> One of the librarians here is looking for early
> picture books. We are not sure how far back "picture
> books" go. They definitely weren't called picture
> books years agao nor do I remember the term "chapter
> books" from my youth but that is the term the kids use
> now to differentiate. The farthest back she has found
> is Suess but she was wondering if there were "picture
> books" in the 30's. Any thoughts?
>
> Jeanne Heuer
> Brown County Library
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place.
> Yahoo! Shopping: <A HREF="http://shopping.yahoo.com">http://shopping.yahoo.com</A>
>
>
>
>

FROM: "J Heuer" <cheuer@itol.com>
REC'D: 12/7/99, 5:57 PM

Thanks Cynthia, your picture book answer was just what we needed. It was
much faster than a children's literature textbook which I would be hard
pressed to find. Withdrawing is getting out of hand here.


Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
cheuer@itol.com

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes, Art is knowing which ones
to keep." -anonymous

FROM: "Fiction_L" <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 12/8/99, 1:18 PM

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From: "Denise M. McFarland" <mcfarland@webryders.com>
To: <fictionl@nslsilus.ORG>
Subject: RE Early picture books
Date: Wed, Dec 8, 1999, 3:16 PM


Wanda Gag's books are pre-Seuss.

Denise McFarland
Sullivan PL
Sullivan, NH 03445

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