This post makes me so excited to study her! I love your childhood connection and how you honored her as an innovative business woman too. Can't wait to dive into her books more :)
I loved her work so much as a kid, influenced by my mother's love for her illustrations. When I was pregnant with my daughter I can remember my mom searching down Gyo's 'Mother Goose' because no other copy would do for her first grandbaby!
I don't think I realized how invisible she is, because we always had her books on our shelves. It makes me so sad to hear you couldn't find her books at the library! When I was a school librarian, her books were always part of my list of classics to make sure we had on the shelves.
I love her Mother Goose—how special! I felt the same way about her and thought she was more well-known and written about, but there wasn't much out there. The primary things are Maclear and Morstad's picture book (thank goodness!) and one New Yorker article. But you would think there would be so much more. She is very deserving and has a devoted fan base. It would be great to see more!
She is one of my favorites too! We had the A to Z Picture Book growing up (and it’s still on my shelf today) and I remember just getting fully immersed in the illustrations. I think I felt like the scenes in the book were really accurate in showing how I experienced the world as a kid. Some of the scenes were bright and cheery, and funny, some were tranquil, and some were a little bit dark, and almost foreboding. Love how her images spread across the entire spectrum. She was SO good.
That's exactly how I felt, too. She was brilliant at capturing children's emotions and interests. I vividly remember the foreboding scenes and the moments when the child is still and deep in thought.
I think the A to Z Picture Book was one of her very best. They should reprint it!
This post makes me so excited to study her! I love your childhood connection and how you honored her as an innovative business woman too. Can't wait to dive into her books more :)
I loved her work so much as a kid, influenced by my mother's love for her illustrations. When I was pregnant with my daughter I can remember my mom searching down Gyo's 'Mother Goose' because no other copy would do for her first grandbaby!
I don't think I realized how invisible she is, because we always had her books on our shelves. It makes me so sad to hear you couldn't find her books at the library! When I was a school librarian, her books were always part of my list of classics to make sure we had on the shelves.
I love her Mother Goose—how special! I felt the same way about her and thought she was more well-known and written about, but there wasn't much out there. The primary things are Maclear and Morstad's picture book (thank goodness!) and one New Yorker article. But you would think there would be so much more. She is very deserving and has a devoted fan base. It would be great to see more!
She is one of my favorites too! We had the A to Z Picture Book growing up (and it’s still on my shelf today) and I remember just getting fully immersed in the illustrations. I think I felt like the scenes in the book were really accurate in showing how I experienced the world as a kid. Some of the scenes were bright and cheery, and funny, some were tranquil, and some were a little bit dark, and almost foreboding. Love how her images spread across the entire spectrum. She was SO good.
That's exactly how I felt, too. She was brilliant at capturing children's emotions and interests. I vividly remember the foreboding scenes and the moments when the child is still and deep in thought.
I think the A to Z Picture Book was one of her very best. They should reprint it!