– Here is the sculpture by Leo Lionni that can be seen at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA.Īccording to the museum, “The sculpture, titled Imaginary Garden, was created in 1978 and was previously housed at The Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art in California. Here’s the full list of Cybils winners, if you’re curious. – Yay, Cybils! We’re so pleased with the winner of the Picture Book category. Listen to the whole show here on Soundcloud or download it through iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or your preferred method of podcast selection. Plus I get to mention Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, and that ALWAYS makes for good podcast talk. In the course of things we discuss the fact that Frederick would have made a fantastic lawyer, how he progresses from emo to hipster, and whether or not that poppy on the cover has a special significance. So how successful was this book in the end? Is it a product of its age (the tune in and drop out 60s) or something that stands the test of time? At this point I’ve given up trying to predict how Kate is ever going to react to a given book. The old Ant and the Grasshopper fable got the Lionni touch back in 1967 when the four time Caldecott Honor winner chose to put a new spin on an old classic. “If you’ve got a Leo Lionni book you’re not going anywhere very fast, but you’re gonna get there eventually.”
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