A Plea for Picture Books
At the June 15, 2010 meeting of the New England Children’s Booksellers Advisory Council, Ken Geist, vice-president of Orchard Books and Cartwheel Books, asked independent booksellers to "get behind" picture books. Geist, added that he was not speaking on behalf of Scholastic, but rather sought to inspire others to "…raise the profile of picture books." Members of the meeting offered suggestions, one of which was making 2011 the Year of the Picture Book--and we at Picturing Books are all for that! Held at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, the event also also featured Elisha Cooper, whose latest picture book is Farm from Scholastic.Read the entire article from Publisher's Weekly. Related: Josie Leavitt's Shelf Talker Blog about the event.
