Rosen-blog features “news, ramblings, and assorted digressions from the staff of the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia.” This weblog gives visitors another way of keeping up with events and other goings-on at the Rosenbach–former home to the famed book dealer and collector A.S.W. Rosenbach and current home to numerous literary and artistic treasures, including Maurice Sendak’s manuscripts and illustrations.
Add comment December 4th, 2005
The 16th Annual Children’s Book Illustration Exhibit opened yesterday, December 3, at the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, MA. This year’s exhibit features illustrations from the new book Happy Feet by Richard Michelson and E.B. Lewis–a book about Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom and inspired by the swing dancer Frankie Manning. Works by Alice Provensen and Jane and Brooke Dyer also are on exhibit.
Unfortunately, the Lindy Hop demonstrations were only at last night’s opening party. The exhibit, however, runs from December 3 through January 30, 2006. For more information, see the gallery’s website, which includes a reprint of the November 27, 2005 Boston Globe article about the exhibit.
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Beginning January 10, 2006, you will be able to spice up your bills, letters, and assorted mailings with children’s literature stamps from the U.S. Postal Service. The stamps will feature Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar, Dr. Seuss’s Fox in Socks, Leo Lionni’s Frederick, Lucy Cousins’s Maisy, H.A. Rey’s Curious George, Ian Falconer’s Olivia, Garth Williams’s Wilbur the pig, and one of Maurice Sendak’s wild things.
Sources: Publisher’s Weekly Children’s Bookshelf newsletter (12.01.05) and USPS Stamp Release #05-054: Postal Service Unveils 2006 Commemorative Stamps (11.30.05)
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