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George Nicholson on Gerald McDermott's Arrow to the Sun
Gerald McDermott and a young fan. Photo courtesy of ALSC.While doing the research for my article Arrow to the Sun and Critical Controversies (Sept./Oct. 2013 Horn Book Magazine), I came across several references to author Gerald McDermott's first children's book editor at Holt, Rinehart & Winston, George Nicholson, and the...
Arrow to the Sun and Critical Controversies
This is the fifth of a continuing series of articles celebrating the history of the Caldecott Medal, which marks its seventy-fifth anniversary this year. Librarian and children’s literature historian Kathleen T. Horning looks at one seminal but unheralded Caldecott book of each decade — identifying trends, noting the changing nature...
A Profile of Gerald McDermott
by Priscilla Moulton from left: Gerald McDermott, Priscilla Moulton, and former Horn Book editor Paul Heins. Photo courtesy of the Association for Library Service to Children/American Library Association. Used with permission.The awarding of the 1975 Caldecott Medal for Arrow to the Sun (Viking) concludes a critical period for Gerald McDermott,...
On the Rainbow Trail
by Gerald McDermottI’ve been on a journey past paper mountains, flying men, foolish spiders, talking trees, and the flaming arrows of the solar fire. It has been a journey of discovery through the bizarre and exotic forms of world mythology. The Rainbow Trail has become a path for my work...
Horn Book reviews of Caldecott Medal winners, 1970-1979
1970WILLIAM STEIG, Author-Illustrator Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (Windmill/Simon)Sylvester the young donkey was a pebble collector; one day he found a flaming red stone, shiny and round — and quite unaccountably able to grant wishes. Overjoyed, Sylvester was planning to share his magic with his family when "a mean, hungry...
Gerald McDermott in Paris
Friends Gerald McDermott and Doug Cushman. Photo credit: Angela SchellenbergDuring one of the last times Gerald was here in Paris, we went off hunting for an oyster restaurant. We finally found one in the Quartier Montorgueil on Rue des Petits Carreaux. The owner shipped oysters from his own farm on...
An Interview with George M. Nicholson
George M. Nicholson introduced and popularized high-quality paperback publishing for young people in the United States. He ran a number of major houses before finding a new career as an agent, remaining throughout an innovative, knowledgeable, and influential figure in the children’s book industry.LEONARD S. MARCUS: How did you come...
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