Beijing-based literature professor Zhang Shengzhen takes a close look at The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter, the book-length illustrated catalogue that accompanied the University of [...]
In its September/October 2020 issue, the Yale Alumni Magazine gave an appreciative nod to Leonard and some of the many other Yale graduates who have left their mark on the branch of literature [...]
New York, NY, August 20, 2020, 5:30 PM Eastern: Astra Publishing House has tapped esteemed children’s book expert Leonard Marcus as Editor-at-Large at the newly formed global publishing [...]
A new adventure began on July 1st when Leonard joined forces with a small group of seasoned book world professionals to create an exciting new publishing imprint with global ambitions. You can [...]
In this wide-ranging conversation, educator, art director, and podcast host Giuseppe Castellano takes a deep dive with Leonard into the history of American children’s books from Puritan [...]
As part of its 125th anniversary celebration at the start of 2020, the New York Public Library released a list of its ten most checked-out books of all time. The list yielded two big surprises: [...]
Reach Out & Read is an innovative literacy organization comprised of medical professionals who make early literacy education an integral part of their well-baby and pediatric practice. Here [...]
Co-hosts and children’s book authors Julie Sternberg and Eve Yohalem asked Leonard to tell them all about Ursula Nordstrom, the dream editor who boasted about publishing “good books [...]