A Shimmer of Joy One Hundred Children’s Picture Books in America

by Chris Loker

$35 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

Boston, MA: Godine, 2020. 4to 11 x 8.5 inches , 256 pp. full color illustrations throughout. Red cloth,spine titled in gilt, in color illustrated dust jacket. § The trade edition of a sumptuous celebration of children’s picture books as art and literature. How do simple words and images make a children’s picture book so magical that one reading can create a cherished memory for life? Here are 100 books that amply prove the picture book is an art

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