Children’s Literary Cafe – June Event

The Children’s Literary Cafe is pleased to announce the following event on Saturday, June 5th at 2:00 p.m.

The Picture Book Made New: Margaret Wise Brown, Her Illustrators, and Her World.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952), biographer Leonard Marcus offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and times of America’s poet laureate of the nursery. Find out how Brown re-imagined the picture book in the spirit of modern progressive education and modern art and, in league with her great editor Ursula Nordstrom, created “good books for bad children” that have lasted for generations.

Location: The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42 Street, New York, NY, 10018