The New York Review Children's Collection
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New York Review Books Children's Collection is a series of children's books released under the publishing imprint New York Review Books
. This series' mission is to reintroduce some of the many children's books that have fallen out of print, or simply out of mainstream
attention. The series, now in its fifth year, has been a notable success with the public and the press and currently includes more than 30 titles. Often reissued with new introductions, writers such as Michael Chabon
, Neil Gaiman
, and Philip Pullman
have all introduced titles in this series.
Some of the titles include the Caldecott Medal
-winning picture book D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths, the Newbery Award-honored Pecos Bill
and Wee Gillis, and the 1944 winner of the Carnegie Medal, The Wind on the Moon
.
New York Review Books
New York Review Books is the publishing house of The New York Review of Books. Its imprints are New York Review Books Classics, New York Review Books Collections, and The New York Review Children's Collection....
. This series' mission is to reintroduce some of the many children's books that have fallen out of print, or simply out of mainstream
Mainstream
Mainstream is, generally, the common current thought of the majority. However, the mainstream is far from cohesive; rather the concept is often considered a cultural construct....
attention. The series, now in its fifth year, has been a notable success with the public and the press and currently includes more than 30 titles. Often reissued with new introductions, writers such as Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon born May 24, 1963) is an American author and "one of the most celebrated writers of his generation", according to The Virginia Quarterly Review....
, Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard Gaiman born 10 November 1960)is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book...
, and Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials, and his fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ...
have all introduced titles in this series.
Some of the titles include the Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
-winning picture book D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths, the Newbery Award-honored Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill is an American cowboy, apocryphally immortalized in numerous tall tales of the Old West during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. Their stories were probably invented into short stories and book by Edward O'Reilly in the...
and Wee Gillis, and the 1944 winner of the Carnegie Medal, The Wind on the Moon
The Wind on the Moon
The Wind on the Moon is a children's fantasy novel by Eric Linklater. It was first published in 1944, and received the Carnegie Medal for the outstanding children's book of that year.-Plot summary:Major Palfrey is off to war...
.
Titles In Series
- The Bear and the People by Reiner Zimnik
- The Bears' Famous Invasion of SicilyThe Bears' Famous Invasion of SicilyLa famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia is an Italian children’s book written and illustrated by Dino Buzzati which was translated into English by Frances Lobb as The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily....
by Dino BuzzatiDino BuzzatiDino Buzzati-Traverso was an Italian novelist, short story writer, painter and poet, as well as a journalist for Corriere della Sera. His worldwide fame is mostly due to his novel Il deserto dei Tartari, translated into English as The Tartar Steppe.-Life:Buzzati was born at San Pellegrino,... - Bel Ria: Dog of War by Sheila BurnfordSheila BurnfordSheila Philip Cochrane Burnford, née Every, was a British novelist.Born in Scotland but brought up in various parts of the United Kingdom, she attended St. George's School, Edinburgh and Harrogate Ladies College. In 1941 she married Doctor David Burnford, with whom she had three children. During...
- Captains of the City Streets by Esther AverillEsther AverillEsther Averill was an American author and illustrator best known for The Cat Club Series, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who wore a red scarf in all of her adventures.-Life:...
- Carbonel: The King of Cats by Barbara Sleigh
- Charlotte Sometimes by Penelope FarmerPenelope Farmer-Life:She was born as a fraternal twin in Westerham, Kent, on 14 June 1939 to Hugh Robert MacDonald and Penelope Boothby Farmer. After attending a boarding school, she read history at St Anne's College, Oxford and did postgraduate work at Bedford College, University of London.Information about...
- The CraneThe CraneThe Crane is a 1992 short film distributed by the British Film Institute.The movie is set in London. The filming location was the Romford shopping precinct.The film took place at the 36th London Film Festival in 1992.-Cast:* Jude Law ... Young man...
by Reiner Zimnik - d'Aulaires' Book of Animals by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- d'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- d'Aulaires' Book of Trolls by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
- An Episode of SparrowsAn Episode of SparrowsAn Episode of Sparrows is the name of a novel written in 1956 by Rumer Godden. It has been re-issued by The New York Review Children's Collection.-Plot summary:...
by Rumer GoddenRumer GoddenMargaret Rumer Godden OBE was an English author of over 60 fiction and nonfiction books written under the name of Rumer Godden. A few of her works were co-written by her sister, Jon Godden, who wrote several novels on her own... - The Hotel Cat by Esther AverillEsther AverillEsther Averill was an American author and illustrator best known for The Cat Club Series, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who wore a red scarf in all of her adventures.-Life:...
- The House of Arden by E. NesbitE. NesbitEdith Nesbit was an English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over 60 books of fiction for children, several of which have been adapted for film and television...
- The Island of Horses by Eilís DillonEilís DillonEilís Dillon was an Irish author of 50 books. Her work has been translated into 14 languages....
- Jenny and the Cat Club by Esther AverillEsther AverillEsther Averill was an American author and illustrator best known for The Cat Club Series, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who wore a red scarf in all of her adventures.-Life:...
- Jenny Goes to Sea by Esther AverillEsther AverillEsther Averill was an American author and illustrator best known for The Cat Club Series, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who wore a red scarf in all of her adventures.-Life:...
- Jenny's Birthday Book by Esther AverillEsther AverillEsther Averill was an American author and illustrator best known for The Cat Club Series, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who wore a red scarf in all of her adventures.-Life:...
- Jenny's Moonlight Adventure by Esther AverillEsther AverillEsther Averill was an American author and illustrator best known for The Cat Club Series, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who wore a red scarf in all of her adventures.-Life:...
- The Little Bookroom by Eleanor FarjeonEleanor FarjeonEleanor Farjeon was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published...
- The Lost Island by'Eilís DillonEilís DillonEilís Dillon was an Irish author of 50 books. Her work has been translated into 14 languages....
- The Magic PuddingThe Magic PuddingThe Magic Pudding: Being The Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff is an Australian children's book written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay. It is a comic fantasy, and a classic of Australian children's literature....
by Norman LindsayNorman LindsayNorman Alfred William Lindsay was an Australian artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist, scale modeler, and boxer. He was born in Creswick, Victoria.... - Mistress Masham's ReposeMistress Masham's ReposeMistress Masham's Repose is a novel by T. H. White that describes the adventures of a girl who discovers a group of Lilliputians, a race of tiny people from Jonathan Swift's satirical classic Gulliver's Travels...
by T.H. White - Pecos BillPecos BillPecos Bill is an American cowboy, apocryphally immortalized in numerous tall tales of the Old West during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. Their stories were probably invented into short stories and book by Edward O'Reilly in the...
by James Cloyd BowmanJames Cloyd BowmanJames Cloyd Bowman was an American teacher and author primarily of children's books, college text books and journals. Born in Leipsic, Ohio. Bowman grew up in Ohio and attended Ohio Northern University with graduate studies at Harvard University... - The Peterkin PapersThe Peterkin PapersThe Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work.The first of the Peterkin stories appeared in 1867 in a magazine named Our Young Folks, later named St...
by Lucretia P. Hale - The School for Cats by Esther AverillEsther AverillEsther Averill was an American author and illustrator best known for The Cat Club Series, a collection of 13 stories featuring Jenny Linsky, a small black cat who wore a red scarf in all of her adventures.-Life:...
- Wee Gillis by Munro LeafMunro LeafWilbur Monroe Leaf , was an American author of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand , a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour...
- The Wind on the MoonThe Wind on the MoonThe Wind on the Moon is a children's fantasy novel by Eric Linklater. It was first published in 1944, and received the Carnegie Medal for the outstanding children's book of that year.-Plot summary:Major Palfrey is off to war...
by Eric LinklaterEric LinklaterEric Robert Russell Linklater was a British writer, known for more than 20 novels, as well as short stories, travel writing and autobiography, and military history.-Life:...