By Leonard Marcus
Illustrated by Ursula Nordstom

Here are the editorial letters of Nordstom, director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973. Working with such talents as Maurice Sendak, E.B. White, Margaret Wise Brown, Shel Silverstein, Garth Williams, and John Steptoe- Nordstrom recognized that each was a genius to be nurtured, encouraged and published.

By Russell Freedman and Barbara Elleman

"The year was 1935," one of the founders recalls, "and the Great Depression was at full throttle. Anyone who would start a publishing house then, especially without experience or enough working capital, was stupid or crazy." Nonetheless, three pioneers with "standards and aspirations higher than their skills and resources" set up shop in the corner of a printing plant and prepared to publish their first list. Material from extensive interviews, old and recent correspondence files, and other unpublished as well as published sources provide the basis for this story about the problems, pleasures, and achievements of an independent publisher of children's books only.

By Eileen Christelow
Illustrated by Eileen Christelow

"Much of the pleasure of this information- packed book lies in the warm, unique way it addresses such problems as what authors do when they get stuck, how long it takes for a book to be illustrated, or to get through production. This is wonderful." - Kirkus Reviews

By Eileen Christelow
Illustrated by Eileen Christelow

"How does one portray the creative impulse? Or the personal investment an artist makes in his or her work? Christelow has captured such elusive matters as well as a host of practical ones in this witty, lucid account of what authors do." - ALA Booklist, starred review.

By James Diaz
Illustrated by David Carter

Here at last is the definitive book on how to make a pop-up. Every aspect of the creation of pop-up, known as paper engineering, is clearly and thoroughly covered. All types of parallel folds, angle folds, wheels, and pull tabs are accurately detailed verbally and visually, flat and in dimension. Also included is a history of pop-ups and a step-by step photographic essay on how a pop-up is made from start to finish.