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Books in the Art genre:

National Gallery Children’s Book (1983)

A book about the National Gallery of Art, including quiz questions with answers.

Author(s): Anthea Peppin
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Little House Diary (1985)

A day-by-day planner or diary for fans of the Little House series.

Hans Christian Andersen from an Artist’s Point of View (1988)

Erik Blegvad delivered this lecture at the Library of Congress on illustrating Hans Christian Andersen.... View More

Author(s): Erik Blegvad
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad
Various

Dorothy P. Lathrop: A Centenary Celebration (1991)

The catalog for an exhibition of work by Dorothy P. Lathrop at the University of Albany, in October of 1991. It includes a catalog raisonne of her work.... View More

Author(s): William Clarkin
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

For Our Children (1991)

This is an anthology of poetry, song and rhymes with illustrations by noted children’s illustrators.

Types Best Remembered / Types Best Forgotten (1993)

A collection of essays on types, loved and hated, by contemporary typographers. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Seventy-Five Years of Children’s Book Week Posters (1994)

A collection of the first seventy-five Book Week posters.

Author(s): Leonard S. Marcus
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al

The Origins of Story: On Writing for Children (1999)

Seventeen essays on aspects of writing for children.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Art of Freddy the Pig (2002)

A large selection of Kurt Wiese’s illustrations of Freddy the pig, with accompanying text by Walter R. Brooks.

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Art of Mitsumasa Anno (2003)

The catalog of an exhibition of work by Mitsumasa Anno at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art from April 15, 2003 to June 29, 2003.

Author(s): Ann Beneduce
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

Nancy Ekholm Burkert: The Art of Illustration: A Deep and Delicate Vision (2003)

The catalog of an exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art held January 31, 2003 through March 30, 2004.

Author(s): Jane Bayard Curley
Illustrator(s): Nancy Ekholm Burkert

Buffalo and Beaver (2004)

Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

The Art of Reading (2005)

Forty illustrators contribute an illustration for their favorite book to celebrate forty years of Reading Is Fundamental. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers
David Wiesner
Et al

Flora, Fauna and Fantasy (2006)

Catalog from an exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum in the spring of 2006.

Author(s): Anne Roberts
Et al
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Show and Tell: Exploring the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration (2008)

Profiles twelve contemporary children’s book illustrators.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Dilys Evans
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner
Et al

Art and Max (2010)

Max wants to learn how to paint and Art is willing to teach him . . . but . . .

Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Show Me a Story! Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the Worlds’s Most Celebrated Illustrators (2012)

Interviews with twenty-one illustrators of children’s books.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner
Et al

Under the North Light (2012)

A joint biography of the author-illustrators.

David Wiesner & The Art of Wordless Storytelling (2016)

This is the catalog of an exhibition of the art of David Wiesner.

Author(s): Katherine Roeder
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

The World of Moominvalley (2017)

An homage to the world of Moomins created by Tove Jansson.

Author(s): Philip Ardagh
Illustrator(s): Tove Jansson

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