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Samuel Marshak’s Tribute to the Post Office: The Letter that Went Around the World

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In 1927 Samuil Marshak wrote the poem Pochta to praise the efficiency of modern communications with some droll humor and a little dash of wonder.  The plot is brilliant in its simplicity. A little boy writes a letter to the children’s book author Boris Zhitkov, but Postman Number 5 … Continue reading →

A New Picture Book Bio of John Newbery, the Man Behind the Medal

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Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books  (2017) is an explanation of where children’s books came from for preschoolers.   This is the first collaboration of author Michelle Markel and illustrator Nancy Carpenter, but they are both … Continue reading →