Description |
367 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Children's literature association series
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-340) and index. |
Contents |
Ruth Krauss's charmed childhood -- Becoming Crockett Johnson -- Portrait of the artist as a young woman -- Punching the clock and turning left -- First draft -- Crockett and the red crayon -- "We met, and that was it!" -- Barnaby -- A good man and his good wife -- The Athens of South Norwalk -- Art and politics -- At home with Ruth and Dave -- The big world and the little house -- Artists are to watch -- The art of collaboration -- Harold -- Striking out into new areas of experimentation -- New adventures of Page and Screen -- "Hitting on all 24 cylinders" -- Poet in the news, cartoonist on TV -- Lorca variations and Harold's ABC -- Provocateur and philosopher -- Painting, passports, and protest -- Theorems in color, poems on stage -- "You're only as old as other people think you are" -- What would Harold do? -- Life after Dave -- Children are to love. |
Summary |
Crockett Johnson (born David Johnson Leisk, 1906-1975) and Ruth Krauss (1901-1993) were a husband-and-wife team that created such popular children's books as The Carrot Seed and How to Make an Earthquake. Separately, Johnson created the enduring children's classic Harold and the Purple Crayon and the groundbreaking comic strip Barnaby. Krauss wrote over a dozen children's books illustrated by others and pioneered the use of spontaneous, loose-tongued kids in children's literature. Johnson and Krauss's whimsical, clear, and childlike style is among the most revered and influential in children's literature and cartooning, inspiring the work of Maurice Sendak, Charles M. Schulz, Chris Van Allsburg, and Jon Scieszka. This critical biography examines their lives and careers. Using correspondence, sketches, contemporary newspaper and magazine accounts, and archived and personal interviews, author Philip Nel draws a compelling portrait of a couple whose output encompassed children's literature, comics, graphic design, and the fine arts. |
Subject |
Johnson, Crockett, 1906-1975.
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Krauss, Ruth.
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Johnson, Crockett, 1906-1975. (OCoLC)fst01435089
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Krauss, Ruth. (OCoLC)fst00015180
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Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.
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Children's literature, American. (OCoLC)fst00855882
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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ISBN |
9781617036248 cloth alkaline paper |
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1617036242 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781617036361 paperback alkaline paper |
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1617036366 paperback alkaline paper |
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