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Fall 2002
Contents
Katherine Paterson and Nikki Grimes at CLRC and Other Coming Events
 September
11: "A Conversation with Katherine Paterson."
Award-winning author Katherine Paterson will speak and read from her
new fall book, The same stuff as stars, at Andersen Library on Wednesday,
September 11 at 4 p.m. in Room 120.
Katherine Paterson is a two-time winner of the Newbery Award for Bridge
to Terabithia and Jacob have I loved, a Newbery Honor Book winner for The
great Gilly Hopkins and a two-time winner of the National Book Award for
The master puppeteer and The great Gilly Hopkins. The Kerlan Collection
holds manuscripts for more than twenty of her books, and she received the
Kerlan Award in 1983.
This event is co-sponsored by Clarion Books, the Kerlan Friends, and
Friends of the Library. This event is free and open to the public. Books
will be available for purchase and autographing courtesy of Red Balloon
Bookshop. 
September 19: Nikki Grimes
Nikki Grimes, African American poet and fiction writer for children.
will speak at Andersen Library on Thursday, September 19 at 4 p.m. in Room
120. She will talk about “The Poet As Storyteller.” In the early 90’s,
Nikki Grimes stumbled onto a style of storytelling using poetry. That happy
accident turned into the award-winning book Meet Danitra Brown. Many storytelling
poetry collections have followed. Since that time, she’s expanded into
novel writing, taking her penchant for poetry along for the ride. Weaving
together anecdotes and poetry, Grimes describes the process of creating
the works for which she is best known. The Kerlan Collection holds manuscripts
for seven titles, including Jazmin’s notebook and It’s raining laughter.
This event is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by Children's
Literature Network, CLRC, Givens Foundation, Kerlan Friends, and Friends
of the Library. Books will be available for purchase and autographing courtesy
of Red Balloon Bookshop.
 October
16: Book Week Banquet
The Annual Book Week program at the University of Minnesota, will include
book displays, reviews and a featured speaker. The College of Education
is pleased to sponsor Debra Frasier as the 2002 Book Week speaker. We invite
teachers, librarians, and all others who enjoy her books to join us for
her dinner presentation on Wednesday, October 16th. The Book Week Dinner
immediately follows the review of new books session. The book display and
reviews are free and open to the public.
Debra Frasier writes and illustrates for children and her picture books
have won many awards, including the Parents Choice Gold Award, a Minnesota
Book Award for Illustration, a Hungry Mind Book of Distinction Award, and
the Best Children's Book Award from the Southeastern Booksellers' Association.
She worked as Director of Animation with the Minnesota Orchestra's NotesAlive!
label to produce their first video which won the American Library Association's
highest honor for a children's video, the Andrew Carnegie Medal. Her first
book, On the day you were born, has been translated into five languages
and was a Reading Rainbow Feature Program for PBS. In 2001, this book,
often called "a contemporary classic," celebrated its tenth anniversary
with over one million copies in print. Her most recent book, Miss Alaineus,
a vocabulary disaster, was selected as an IRA Teacher and Children's Choice
Award and has inspired Vocabulary Parades in cities from coast to coast.
Debra Frasier has written and illustrated many other children's books
including Out of the ocean, The animal that drank up sound, We got here
together, and In the space of the sky. Debra's speech will follow dinner.
To purchase tickets and for more information, contact Joelle Tegwen
at 612-624-0887 or via e-mail at tegwe002@umn.edu
 November
6: Barbara Elleman
Before being named Distinguished Scholar of Children's Literature at
Marquette University, Barbara Elleman served as editor of the Children's
Section of Booklist magazine and then as editor-in-chief of Book Links,
both published by the American Library Association. Prior to that she worked
as both a school and public librarian. In 1999, Putnam published
her first book, Tomie dePaola, his art and his stories. Since then she
has written Holiday House: the first sixty-five years (Holiday House) and
Virginia Lee Burton: a life in art (Houghton Mifflin), which is being published
this fall. Come and join us while Barbara Elleman talks about her new book.
This event will be held at 4:00 p.m. in Andersen Library Room 120, and
is free and open to the public. For more information, call 612-624-4576.
September 14: The Third Annual Celebration of Minnesota Children’s
Authors & Illustrators in Red Wing, MN will take place at the Anderson
Center on September 14, 2002 from 1 - 5 p.m. The event will feature book
sales by the Red Balloon Book Shop of St. Paul, book signings and readings
by authors, slide presentations and talks by illustrators, bookmaking workshops
for both children and parents, and an extensive gallery display of book
illustrations.
Nationally acclaimed children’s authors and illustrators who will make
personal appearances include Betsy Bowen, Mary Cassanova, John Coy, Kelly
Dupre, Debra Frasier, Stephen Gammell, Linda Keefe, Lise Lunge-Larsen,
Alison McGhee, Isabell Monk, Janice Lee Porter, Lauren Stringer and
Anne Ylvisaker.
The Kerlan Collection will have some material on display at this event
by Betsy Bowen, Mary Casanova, John Coy, Lise Lunge-Larsen, Isabell Monk,
and Janice Lee Porter.
This Red Wing event is free and open to the public. For more information
or to sign up for one of the workshops, please call 651-388-2009.
September 17: Presentation of Gary Paulsen Manuscripts
For more information, call 612-624-4576 after September 15.
September 21: 23rd Annual Writers Conference in Children's
Literature
The 23rd Annual Writers Conference in Children's Literature will be
held 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday, September 21, 2002 in Grand Forks, ND,
courtesy of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators and
the Department of English at the University of North Dakota. Barbara Joosse
will be a featured guest. The Kerlan Collection holds manuscript material
for 20 of her titles.
The event includes an opportunity for registered participants to submit
one manuscript of up to 1500 words or a synopsis and one chapter of a book
for evaluation and critique by one of the authors attending the event.
Registered participants who submit manuscripts that have not been accepted
for publication are eligible for the Emily Award to be awarded to the work
that, in the opinion of the judges, shows the most promise in the area
of writing for children.
For information about the event and registering contact the Conference
Committee. Address: Department of English, UND, Grand Forks, ND 58202.
Telephone: (701)-777-3321 or 777-3984. E-mail: ursula_hovet @mail.und.nodak.edu
or Fthureen@aol.com.
October 3: Memo Conference
Memo conferees visit the Kerlan Collection on October 3. For more information,
contact Marilyn Kelley, Director of ISS, mkelley@blakeschool.org.
October 26: 34th Annual Festival of Books for Young People
Sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science at the University
of Iowa, the 34th Annual Festival of Books for Young People will be held
Saturday, October 26, 2002 at Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City, IA.
The theme of the event is “Fancy That: Reinventing the Heroes in Children's
Stories” and scheduled speakers for the event are Kerlan donors, Emily
Arnold McCully and Gail Carson Levine. The festival will also include an
extensive exhibit of new books for young people and concurrent booktalk
sessions. The Kerlan Collection holds original studies by Emily Arnold
McCully.for 84 title.
For information, please contact Jane Bradbury. Telephone: 1-800-IOWA,
ext. 5709. E-mail: jane-bradbury@uiowa.edu.
 First
Fridays in Andersen Library: September 6, 2002 - May 2, 2003
First Fridays provide an insider’s look at special collections across
the spectrum of the Twin Cities campuses. Presenters will include staff
from Andersen Library, the James Ford Bell Library, the Andersen Horticultural
Library, and the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
All programs are noon to 1 p.m. in Andersen Library (west bank) Room 120.
Light refreshments will be served following the presentations. You are
welcome to bring your lunch. Presenters will remain following the program
for conversation and to respond to questions. This series is supported
by the Elmer L. Andersen Library Fund Honoring Dr. Edward B. Stanford,
University Librarian Emeritus.
Noon, September 6: Bon Voyage: Travel Accounts and Travel Books
CLRC will present Space Travel in Children's Books. Karen Hoyle will
talk about author Eleanor Cameron (1912-1996), winner of the National Book
Award, and her manuscripts for the Mushroom planet books. Manuscript pages
and illustrations by Robert Henneberger and Beth and Joseph Krush (for
later Cameron science fiction titles) will be displayed.
Noon, November 1: Local Treasures: Faculty Research in Andersen Library
Julie L'Enfant, Chair of Liberal Arts at the College of Visual Arts
in St. Paul, will talk about her research on Anton, Wanda, and Flavia Gág
as artists from New Ulm, MN for her recently published book, The Gág
family: German-bohemian artists in America. Table displays will include
Wanda Gág's "Happiwork" projects for children and Flavia Gág's
drawings for Four legs and a tail (about a breed of sheep).
Noon, December 6: Fine Design: From Costumes to Computers
Remarks and selection for the exhibit will focus on Janina Domanska
(1913-1995), a Polish American illustrator of 45 children's books. Among
her honors are the Caldecott Honor Book If all the seas were one sea and
inclusion in the American Institute of Graphic Arts Children's Book Shows.
Her editor Susan Hirschman donated small exquisite dummies for Little red
hen and others that will be on display. |
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From The Curator
| Twenty Five Years of Children's Literature Summer Forums.
Children's Literature Summer Forums, co-sponsored with Summer Sessions,
brought the university and public communities together to hear presentations
by authors, poets, illustrators, professors, and others in the field. They
averaged nine presentations each summer.
Over the course of twenty-five years, from 1978 through 2002, 223 presenters
shared their knowledge as part of the professional outreach of the CLRC.
Stephen Gammell, who later won the Caldecott Honor twice and then the Caldecott
Award, was the first speaker; Dr. Karal Ann Marling from the Department
of Art History was the last.
Newbery Award recipient Phyllis Reynolds Naylor reminisced about her
craft of writing. Another Newbery Award recipient, three Newbery Honor
Book, three Caldecott Award and three Honor Book awardees spoke, most prior
to that recognition. Ashley Bryan recited poetry, sang and told stories
to both adults and children including more than one hundred from the Osseo
Area Schools.
 Ashley
Bryan talking to a large crowd of children and adults
President Margaret Preska of Mankato State University commented on translations
of Russian folktales. Teacher and graduate student Diana Swanson, later
President of the Kerlan Friends, spoke about her selections in creating
a video about the Kerlan Collection.
 Diana
Swanson
In 1984 co-owners Michelle Poire and Carol Erdahl talked about "Planning
the Red Balloon Bookshop." Kent Brown Jr. speculated about the future of
publishing. Ellen Wells, James Taylor Dunn and Lionel Johnson shared insights
into their private collecting of Black Beauty, Struwwelpeter, and Treasure
Island respectively.
During the one year Tolowa Mollel left Canada to work in the Twin Cities,
he reviewed East Masai folklore from his native country Tanzania. Six Scandinavians
(including Inger Sandberg), five United Kingdom citizens (including Peter
Hunt) and two Japanese experts (including Shigeo Watanabe), spoke on international
aspects of children's books.
Twenty five years ago, the Forums were unique and well attended. As
years went by, other programs in the metro area emerged and, with some
exceptions, the size of the forum audience diminished. The College
of Education's Chase Lecture will hold its 25th lecture in 2003. St. Cloud
State added a June conference. The 3rd Annual Celebration of Minnesota
Children's Authors and Illustrators in Red Wing will occur in September,
giving attendees a chance to listen to their presentations.
We are grateful to University of Minnesota Summer Sessions for sustaining
this important gift to the university and public communities for a quarter
century.
--Karen Nelson Hoyle, Curator |
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2002 Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Fellows
Chip Houser and Lori McElrath-Esick, selected as the 2002 Ezra Jack
Keats/Kerlan Collection Fellowship winners, visited the Kerlan Collection
during the first week of August.
Each winner was selected as “a talented writer and/or illustrator of
children’s books who wishes to use the Kerlan Collection for the furtherance
of his or her artistic developement.”
Chip, travelling from St. Louis, MO, had a particular interest in researching
the paperback writing and illustrating process. Lori travelling from Muskegon,
MI, focused on studying poets and on achieving personal growth as an illustrator.
Visitors can ask to read their reports about their work in the Collection,
which are kept by CLRC.
If you are interested in applying for this annual fellowship, see information
on page 6 under submissions.
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Exhibits
August 20 - November 2, 2002.
A Year with Frog and Toad, at the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis.
Based on Arnold Lobel's Newbery and Caldecott-winning Frog and Toad books,
this play celebrates the foibles and friendship of these two amphibians.
And who better to literally set the stage than the author's daughter, Adrianne
Lobel? Her designs will provide the background for this toad-tapping, jazzy
musical. Original material and books from the Kerlan Collection are on
exhibit in the Theatre lobby. For more information, contact the Children’s
Theatre Company at 612-874-0500 or e-mail: info@childrenstheatre.org
Exploring the Great Outdoors: Sports and Recreation in Original Illustrations
from Children’s Books.
This traveling Meridian exhibition will include approximately 80 original
illustrations of outdoor activities ranging from traditional sports to
recreational pursuits of all kinds. Artworks have been supplied by a number
of different collections around the United States. The Kerlan Collection
is contributing original illustrations by Nancy Carlson, Barbara Cooney,
Tomie dePaola, Paul Galdone, Fritz Kredel, Blair Lent, Corrine Malverne
and Gustaf Tenggren.
For information about Meridian International Center exhibitions, contact
their Exhibitions Coordinator by phone at (202) 939-5566 or by e-mail
at tkharvey@meridian.org.
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Recent Visitors
Megan
McDonald, author, visited the Kerlan Collection in June. While she was
here, she inscribed her books. The Kerlan Collection holds manuscript material
for two of her books.
Hanna Van Der Meulen, a public librarian from Tytsjerk in Frysland,
visited with Marilyn McClaskey.
Literacy Coordinator Deb Skophammer, representing the Early Childhood
Services program in St. Paul explored staff development opportunities.
Kristin Anderson, Faculty member, stopped by from neighboring Augsburg
College to enhance her research paper on baseball imagery of the late 19th
century.
Geri Chesner, a member of Alverno College's faculty, studied Cynthia
Rylant's work for research on an article.
Kelly Diller, a member of the University of Northern Iowa faculty, visited
the Collection to make plans for a field trip for a graduate children's
literature class.
In June, Michael Fitzgerald came to the Collection from St. Olaf College's
History department to research the Reconstruction Period and race relations
for a book.
Burt Johnson, an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota,
researched the Pledge of Allegiance for a history class.
A research assistant studying Art History and Cultural Studies at the
University of Minnesota, Tiffany Johnson was sent to the Collection to
research American Suburban Architecture in the 19th century for Professor
John Archer.
Research for a course paper in English brought University of Minnesota
graduate student Elisabeth Malm to the Collection.
Hilary Sackett, a Music major at the University of Minnesota, did research
for a presentation.
In July, Ron Scwhartz visited with a couple from Japan - to look at
the work of Marie Hall Ets.
Barbara Tello, an undergraduate Architecture major, investigated designing
a children's library.
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Submissions
The Kerlan Essay Award
The Friends of the Kerlan Collection are pleased to announce the ninth
annual award to be presented in 2003 for an outstanding paper written during
the preceding school year by a college or university student using the
resources of the Children's Literature Research Collections. This award
will consist of a citation and the sum of three hundred dollars.
The purpose of the award is to promote the use of the Kerlan Collection,
and it is given in recognition of outstanding research utilizing original
resources available in the Kerlan Collection.
In evaluating the papers, judges will emphasize the formulation of a
research topic that provides a contribution to knowledge and utilizes original
resources, especially manuscripts and illustrations in the CLRC.
The writing style and organization of the paper are also important. Call
612-624-4576 for specific instructions on submissions.
The deadline for entries is June 1, 2003.
The Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship
The Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship from the Ezra Jack Keats
Foundation will provide $1500 to a "talented writer and/or illustrator
of children's books who wishes to use the Kerlan Collection for the furtherance
of his or her artistic development." Special consideration will be
given to someone who would find it difficult to finance a visit to the
Kerlan Collection.
The Ezra Jack Keats Fellowship recipient will receive transportation
cost and a per diem allotment. Applications for 2003 must be postmarked
by May 1st, 2003. For application materials, please send a business
size self- addressed, $0.55 stamped envelope to:
Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Collection
Memorial Fellowship
113 Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Emily Award at the 23rd Annual Writers Conference in Children's Literature
on September 21, 2002. For more information, see Coming Events on Page
5.
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The Kerlan Collection Manuscripts and Illustrations: A Checklist Volume
II
The Kerlan Collection Manuscripts and Illustrations: a checklist volume
II is now available on an electronic database in CLRC and can be accessed
on the web at http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/auweblinks.html.
4,750 titles represented by manuscripts and/or illustrations received in
the Kerlan Collection since 1985 are reported. The Kerlan Collection manuscripts
and illustrations: a checklist volume I is currently available in paper
and will eventually be added the web.
CLRC staff can search by author, title, illustrator and subject heading
for people who inquire during a visit, e-mail, mail or on the telephone.
The Minnesota Humanities Commission helped sponsor this project. 
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2003 Kerlan Award
The Kerlan Award is given "in recognition of singular attainments in the
creation of children's literature and in appreciation for generous donation
of unique resources to the Kerlan Collection for the study of children's
literature." Individuals from all areas of children's literature, including
authors, illustrators, editors, publishers, and educators, are eligible
for this honor.
The Kerlan Award committee invites nominations for the forthcoming 2003
Kerlan Award. The Kerlan Award nominations are due in CLRC or post-marked
by October 15, 2002 and the award will be presented in the spring. You
may suggest as many names as you wish, but list them in order of priority,
with the highest recommendation first.
For more information, please call 612-624-4576.
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Compleat Scholar
The Art and Illustration of Wanda Gág
Wanda Gág, best known as an author and illustrator of children's
books, including Millions of Cats and ABC Bunny, and her illustrated translations
of Grimm's Fairy Tales and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Gág
was also a prolific, award-winning printmaker. Join this class for
an exploration of the life and work of Wanda Gág.
174410 CSCH 0103, Sec 01, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm, Tuesdays, October 15-October
29, Blegen Hall
Scandinavian Treasures in Children's Literature
This course focuses on Scandinavian and Scandinavian-American achievements
in children's literature. Learn more about these traditional and
contemporary works available for review from the Kerlan Collection.
174451 CSCH 0475, Sec 01, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Mondays, September 9-September
23, American Swedish Institute and CLRC
For more information, call the Compleat Scholar office at 612-625-7777.
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New University Librarian
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Wendy Pradt Lougee, former Associate Director
of Digital Library services at the University of Michigan, started her
position as University Librarian at the University of Minnesota in mid-June.
She replaced retired Librarian Thomas Shaughnessy, who retired after 12
years of service. |
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Gifts to CLRC
Kathleen Johnson gave a Wanda Gág print to the Kerlan Collection
in honor of two University of Minnesota teachers, Dr. Norine Odland, College
of Education, in memorium, and Patricia Turner, library school.
The Children's Literature Research Collections would like to thank the
following people for their monetary gifts to our Collections:
Deidre Johnson, Red Balloon Bookshop, Theodore and Flora Taylor and
Robert Verbrugge.
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Kerlan Friends Memberships
New Members of the Kerlan Friends from May 1 - July 31, 2002
Linda Bindman, Elizabeth Hodges, Margaret Meyer, Janet Peterson, and
Susan Wakefield
Kerlan Friends Renewals from May 1 - July 31, 2002
Doris Arnold, Elizabeth Askey, Barbara Bach, Otto Bang, Elvi Bankey,
Cornelia Ooms Beck, Jane Bergstrom, Ruth Berman, Elizabeth De Grote Blaufoss,
Frank Braun, Carolyn Briese, Karen Carlson, Kathie Cellotti, Kathie Cerra,
Gloria Charney, Sharon Chmielarz, Judie & David Cargo, Cheryle Clausman,
Robert Crofford, Bernice Cullinan, Christine Cundall, Judith Dahill, Ruth
Donhowe, Bruce Drewlow, Kelly Dupre, Robert Dykstra, Christine Dyrud, Jean
Elvedrog, Kimberly Faurot, Stuart Fenton, Sheila Fitzgerald, Debra Frasier,
Norma Gaffron, Lee Galda-Pellegrini, Irvyn Gilbertson, Bonnie Graves, Anne
Gray, Donna Green, Adele Greenlee, Helen George, Phyllis Haensel, Donna
Hageman, Kathleen Hall, Heidi Hammond, Barbara Hanson, Lois Haynes, Claudette
Hegel, Nancy Hof, Karen Hoyle, Robert Hull, Rosalie Huston, Marjorie Jenkins,
Vernon
Jensen, May Jesseph, Sally Kaiser, Zarm Keljik-Geisenhoff, Beatrice Kotz,
George Kreutzer, Richard Krieb, Grace Kurtz, Mary Lanford, Julia Leitzke,
John & Judith Looney, Molly Lynch, Nancy Mambi, Joan & H.E. Mason,
Phyllis Mattill, Ruth Moldenhauer, Dianne Monson, Timothy Moriarty, Gail
Nordstrom, Joan O'Brien, Doris Pagel, Jane Paulsen, Walter Peik, Bette
Peltola, June Peterson, Larry Peterson, Mary Peterson, Patricia Pond, Virginia
Puzak, Rebecca Rapport, Red Balloon Bookshop, Anne Sanderson, Judith Schlief,
Janie Schomberg, Carol Sibley, Sarah Smedman, Louann Smith, Patricia Snodgrass,
Edward B. Stanford, Lois Steer, Jean Stevenson, John Stewig, Lauren Stringer,
Deborah Swanson, Grace Swenson, Nancy Techam, Maria Theologides, Mary Topp,
Lois Vandyck, Mary Voigt, Vienna Volante, Alene Warnock, Dianne Weaver,
Katharine Weiblen, John White, and Vivian Yenika-Agbaw.
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Research Based on CLRC Resources
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Julie L’Enfant. The Gág family: German-bohemian artists in America.
Afton, MN: Afton Press, 2002. 204 pages, 200 color and black & white
illustrations.
To order copies of The Gág Family: German-Bohemian Artisits in
America, please call the Afton Press at (651) 436-8443 or toll-free (800)
436-8443. |
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In Memoriam
Ingrid Fetz (1915-2001), children's book artist of 38 titles
who gave to the Kerlan Collection her original illustrations for Carol
Ryrie Brink's Louly, died April 18, 2001.
Isabelle Holland, author of many children’s books, died on February
9, 2002. The Kerlan Collection holds manuscript material for 10 of her
titles, including Man without a face.
Maia Wojciechowska, award-winning author of many children’s books,
died at the age of 74 on June 13, 2002. She wrote 19 books, the best known
of which is Shadow of a bull, winner of the 1963 Newbery Award. The Kerlan
Collection holds 17 titles of original material, including Shadow of a
bull.
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Recent Acquisitions
MS = manuscripts, IL = illustrations; TMS = translator
manuscript; Published titles are indicated by italics. These
materials have been donated by the authors and/or illustrators, or their
families. Titles for which additional materials have arrived are
not listed if already reported in The Kerlan Collection: Manuscripts and
Illustrations (1985) or in previous newsletters.
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Bowman, Leslie: IL Balloons and other
poems; The berry picking man; The Canada geese quilt; Charley Bland; The
copper lady; The cuckoo child; The fiddler of the northern lights; The
ghost and Mrs. Hobbs; El Guero; Hannah; Hello, crow; Orcas around me; Rich
lizard; Shadows
Curtis, Christopher Paul: MS Bud,not Buddy
Gág, Wanda: Print donated by Kathleen Johnson
Knotts, Howard: IL The big red barn; A day in the country;
Follow the brook; Goose dinner; Great-grandfather, the baby, and me; The
lost Christmas; Punch’s secret; When the wind stops; Winter’s coming MS
& IL The summer cat; The winter cat |
| Leslie Bowman |
Lenski, Lois: IL We lived by the river; MS:
typescript with autobiographical information about Lenski; regional books,
photographs, correspondence to Gloria Kortmeyer from various individuals
including her son, pamphlets, "Farm by the Road" print. All donated by
Gloria Kortmeyer |
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Lichtenheld, Tom: IL Everything I know
about pirates
Sedgwick, Marcus: MS Witch hill
Sorenson, Margo: MS Island danger; The kosher kimono; Secret
heroes; Soccer battle; Tori and the sleigh of midnight blue
Taylor, Theodore: MS I can cry over card tricks
Waters, Tony: IL Babybug, Dec. 2001 & Feb. 2002;
Ladybug March 2001, July 2001 & Dec. 2001. IL & MS:
The moon shines down |
| Tom Lichtenheld |
Willard, Nancy: 4 soft sculptures |
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Yolen, Jane: MS Atlanta and the Arcadian
beast; Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons |
| Theodore Taylor |
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New Greeting Card
A
NEW SEASONAL NOTECARD IS READY
A sketch from That's not Santa, by Leonard Kessler, illustrates
the newest note card offered by the Kerlan Friends. Born in Ohio in 1921,
Len first became interested in art as a young boy attending classes at
a neighborhood center. Many of his works were done in black-and -white
or two colors. However, the Kerlan note card is a study done in pen, ink,
marker and watercolor.
Len and his wife Ethel created many children's books together and Len
continues to work at his drawing board from his home in Sarasota, Florida.
He says he enjoys his work -- probably because he claims that he is "still
6 years old." Among his honors are the New York Times "Best Illustrated
Children's Book" Award of 1954 for Heavy is a hippopotamus by Miriam
Schlein.
Some of his early books are now available in reprints from Purple House
Press. These include Mr. Pine's mixed-up signs and Mr. Pine's purple
house.
The charming elves on the notecard are printed in the original watercolors
that Kessler used. These 6 ¼" by 4 ½" cards are a perfect
size for including 4" by 6" photos. They will make a cheery and unique
holiday greeting. As with the other Kerlan notecards in color, these come
in packets of 6 cards and 6 envelopes, for $6.50 plus tax.
Other cards available:
| Erik Blegvad - Gift Enclosure Cards 15/$6.50 |
Ashley Bryan - Where Shall I Be? 8/$6.50 |
| Michelle Edwards - Dora's Book 6/$6.50 |
Don Freeman - Come Again, Pelican 6/$6.50 |
| Wanda Gág - Millions of Cats 8/$6.50 |
Dahlov Ipcar - Zebra Mare and Foal 10/$6.50 |
| Lois Lenski - Fireside Poems 8/$6.50 |
Charles Mikolaycak - The Owl 8/$6.50 |
To view these cards and other items for sale, go to the website at http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/order.htm
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Archive
The CLRC Kerlan Collection is an internationally
recognized center of research in the field of children's literature. The
Collection contains original materials, including manuscripts, artwork,
galleys, and color proofs for more than 10,000 children's books. These
materials represent eight decades of American children's books and selected
books published in other countries. The Collection also includes more than
100,000 children's books.
This Fall Newsletter is co-sponsored by Kerlan Friends
and CLRC.
Editor: Karen Nelson Hoyle
Production Editor: Jennifer Hanson
Proof-readers: Dr. Edward B. Stanford & Carrie Mercer
Children's Literature Research Collections University
of Minnesota 113 Andersen Library 222 - 21st Avenue South Minneapolis,
MN 55455 Telephone: 612-624-4576 FAX: 612-626-0377 E-mail: CLRC@tc.umn.edu
http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/
Please make an appointment during Fall semester
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