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The Soaring Imagination of Uri Shulevitz

June 10, 2022March 30, 2021 by Vicki Palmquist

In two of his picture books Uri Shulevitz introduces a child alone in a room, isolated, similar to our quarantined children today who are stuck at home, cut off from friends. But where is the iPad, television or computer screen? Look closely—there are none in the pictures.

Geography, Part 1

April 8, 2021March 24, 2021 by Heidi Hammond and Gail Nordstrom

Many picture books have anonymous settings, but some include authentic landmarks identifying locations that can be pinpointed on a map. Traveling from west coast to east coast, several Caldecott Award books feature settings in the United States, and we can become armchair travelers through the illustrations.

Visual Artists, Part 2

March 28, 2021February 24, 2021 by Heidi Hammond and Gail Nordstrom

When considering picture book biographies of visual artists, one cannot overlook the three illustrators who have garnered Caldecott Honors for their autobiographical works: Bill Peet, Uri Shulevitz, and Peter Sis.

The Soaring Imagination of Uri Shulevitz

Geography, Part 1

Visual Artists, Part 2

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