I recently read Pass It Down: Five Picture-Book Families Make Their Mark by Leonard S. Marcus, currently shelved with new non-fiction. As a librarian still fairly new to children's literature, I found it quite interesting and helpful to learn how some very famous picture book authors and illustrators came into their careers and how their children ended up following suit. Discussed are Donald Crews, Ann Jonas, and thier daughter, Nina Crews; Clement and Edith Thacher Hurd and thier son, Thacher Hurd; Walter Dean Meyers and his son, Christopher Myers. Jerry Pinkney and his son, Brian Pinkney; Harlow and Anne Rockwell and their daughter, Lizzy Rockwell. What a fun way to grow up!
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