TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bader, Barbara.
TI  - American picture books from Noah's ark to the Beast within
SN  - 27080803
AV  - NC 965 .B33 1976 
PY  - 1976///
CY  - New York
PB  - Macmillan Publishing Company
KW  - CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, AMERICAN
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Starting points -- E. Boyd Smith -- The erratic, eclectic Twenties -- Wanda Gág -- Foreign backgrounds -- The dynamics and fun of the form -- The small child's world -- Helen Sewell -- Information -- Photographic books -- Imported from France -- Roger Duvoisin -- The American line -- Of the American Indian -- Two masters : Marie Hall Ets and William Pene Du Bois -- Sui generis : Seven Simeons and Buttons -- The storytellers -- Designed for children -- The emotional element -- Jean Charlot -- Golden Books -- Dr. Seuss -- Marcia Brown -- Expanding possibilities : Easter, for instance -- New looks -- Social change -- Negro identification, Black identity -- More information -- Ruth Krauss, Ruth Krauss and Maurice Sendak -- Crockett Johnson -- The Japanese advent and Blair Lent -- Feelings extended -- And a few endearments -- Maurice Sendak -- Away from words -- The fabulists -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - A picturebook is text, illustrations, total design; an item of manufacture and a commercial product; a social, cultural, historical document; and, foremost, an experience for a child
ER  -