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This program originally aired on National Public Radio in July or August of 1986. The Radio Review was moderated by Anita Silvey and produced by Greg Fitzgerald. Listen to the program. Anita Silvey (AS): I’m Anita Silvey, editor and chief of Horn Book Magazine....
7 June 1986 Dear Anita, Here’s my Second Look at THE NARGUN AND THE STARS. It’s 1150 words by my count; hope it will do. Just one plea: if anything is changed, even a comma, I’d like to approve it first. And if...
by Natalie BabbittI remember my childhood vividly: what it felt like, what I thought about, what I did and said as opposed to what other children did and said. My views on the variety of types of children were, and are, the same as my views on the variety of...
By Lloyd AlexanderI was well into middle age before I met the Psammead ("Sammyadd" as the children call it). I wish I had met it sooner so that I could have enjoyed it longer — no, cancel that. Wishes may come true, disastrously so.Instead, I'll only say that I'm grateful...
In an editorial last year I wrote about some disquieting aspects of contemporary picture book publishing. But equally dismaying — perhaps even more so in these times of economic stringency — is the mania for publishing modern classics of children’s literature in lush, expensive, newly illustrated editions.Are we genuinely concerned...
by Vera B. WilliamsFirst, I would simply like to share with you the fact that I am exceptionally happy to be here. It may be that I feel this way because I became a writer and an illustrator of children's books only in recent years. I had intended to do...
by Elizabeth F. HowardLike many fine works of literature or art Shadow* evokes ever new understandings, promotes questions, and arouses controversy. What a picture book conveys to readers, its creators can only partially predict. Like any book Shadow casts its own shadows, and these both cloud and transfigure whatever the...
The BFGby Roald Dahl; illus. by Quentin BlakeIntermediate Farrar 221 pp.1982 0-374-30469-6 $10.95The BFG is a big friendly giant who kidnaps the orphan Sophie right out of her bed one dark night. He takes her back to Giant Country, the land of the horrible giants Fleshlumpeater, Childchewer, and the rest....
by Barbara Lucas"Would you like to meet Father Beasley?" she asked with a laugh. Before I could answer she added, almost shyly, "You know, in The Highest Hit" (Harcourt). She needn't have identified him. The characters from Nancy Willard's books are old friends. They are so real that I often...
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