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Merry has always wanted to go on a grand adventure, like the great Hero Owls from her favorite stories. But she is just a little owl. Little owls don't have adventures. Then one day, Merry falls asleep in her favorite tree—and wakes up in a big, noisy city! Can a little owl on a grand adventure find her way home?
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Alexandra Kennedy, executive director of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts, will be stepping down from her post later this year. In her nearly 15 years at The Carle, Kennedy dramatically raised the profile of the Museum, which has become a champion for picture book illustration around the world.
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There is a new exhibit - The Art of Wordless Picture Books – at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. Wordless picture books take center stage in The Carle’s new exhibition on view through December 5th. Artist and author David Wiesner, who has won six Caldecott citations, five of which were awarded for his tour-de-force wordless picture books, has traded in his paints and brushes to curate the exhibition.
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Eric Carle's picture books were often about insects: spiders, ladybugs, crickets, and of course - that famous caterpillar, all as colorful and friendly as…
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"The Picture Book Odysseys of Peter Sís" is on display at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases more than 90…
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Suzanna Hermans from Oblong Books and Music joins us with this week's Book Picks list.List:“We Don't Eat Our Classmates” by Ryan T. Higgins“Be Prepared”…