Leonard S. Marcus

Here are a few (of the many) authors and illustrators mentioned: Randolph Caldecott, Beatrix Potter, Wanda Gág, George Duplaix (co-founder of Little Golden Books), Nathalie Parain, Gustaf Tenggren, Ursula Nordstrom, Nicholas Mordvinoff, Maurice Sendak, Ezra Jack Keats, Langston Hughes, Mildred Taylor, John Steptoe, Jerry Pinkney, and Barbara Cooney.

Here are a few of the books, magazines, treatises, and articles mentioned: Some Thoughts Concerning Education, by John Locke (1692); The Brownies’ Book, by W. E. B. Du Bois (1920); Clever Bill, by William Nicholson (1926); The Two Reds, by William Lipkind (1950); The All White World of Children’s Books, by Nancy Larrick (1965); and Where Are the People of Color in Children's Books? by Walter Dean Myers (2014).

To learn about Leonard and his books on children’s publishing, visit leonardmarcus.com.

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