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Author and children's literature expert
Leonard S. Marcus (born December 11, 1950)
[1] is an American author and expert on English language children's literature. Marcus has been a critic for several publications including
Horn Book and the New York Times Book review.
[2] Born and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, he attended Yale University (Class of 1972) and was editor of the Yale Literary Magazine.[
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Marcus was married to children's book author and illustrator
Amy Schwartz from 1990 until her death in 2023. The couple had one son.
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Works
You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell (September 16, 2021)
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Helen Oxenbury : A Life in Illustration (Walker UK/Candlewick USA, fall 2017)
The Runaway Bunny 75th Anniversary Book (
HarperCollins , spring 2017)
Comics Confidential: Thirteen Graphic Novelists Talk Story, Craft, and Life Outside the Box (
Candlewick , fall 2016)
Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing (
Frances Foster /
Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2013)
Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work (
Abrams , 2013)
Listening for Madeleine: A Portrait of Madeleine L’Engle in Many Voices (
Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2012)
Show Me A Story! Why Picture Books Matter (
Candlewick , 2012)
The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth (
Knopf , 2011)
Funny Business: Conversations with Writers of Comedy (
Candlewick , 2009)
Minders of MakeBelieve: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children’s Literature (
Houghton Mifflin , 2008)
A Caldecott Celebration: Seven Artists and Their Paths to the Caldecott Medal (expanded, tenthanniversary edition) (
Walker , 2008)
Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became an American Icon Along the Way (
Random House , 2007)
Pass It Down: Five PictureBook Families Make Their Mark (
Walker , 2007)
Oscar: The Big Adventure of a Little Sock Monkey , coauthored with Amy Schwartz; illustrated by Amy Schwartz, (
Harper /
Tegen , 2006)
The Wand In The Word: Conversations With Writers of Fantasy (
Candlewick Press , 2006)
Storied City: A Children's BookWalking Tour Guide to New York City (
Dutton , 2003)
Ways of Telling: Conversations on the Art of the Picture Book (
Dutton , 2002)
Side by Side: Five Favorite Picture Book Teams Go To Work (
Walker , 2001)
Author Talk (
Simon & Schuster , 2000)
Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom (ed) (
HarperCollins , 1998; 2000)
Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon (
Beacon , 1992;
Harper Perennial , 1999)
A Caldecott Celebration: Six Artists and Their Paths to the Caldecott Medal (
Walker , 1998)
The Making of Goodnight Moon: A Fiftieth Anniversary Retrospective (
HarperCollins , 1997)
Morrow Junior Books: The First Fifty Years (
Morrow , 1996)
75 Years of Children’s Book Week Posters (
Knopf , 1994)
Lifelines: A Poetry Anthology (
Dutton , 1994)
Mother Goose's Little Misfortunes (Bradbury, 1990)
Humor and Play in Children's Literature (Johns Hopkins UP, 1989)
An Epinal Album: Popular Prints from Nineteenth Century France (Godine, 1984)
Picture Books (Johns Hopkins UP, 1984)
Petrouchka (Godine, 1983)
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