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 The Librarian of Congress speaks!

The Librarian of Congress speaks!

December 29, 2020

Not long after the pandemic began and talking heads with impressive bookshelf backdrops became a staple of our television viewing, the New York Times decided to take a closer look at the books [...]

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 What Chinese publishers and scholars are reading

What Chinese publishers and scholars are reading

December 29, 2020

In 2019, Everafter Books, an imprint of Trustbridge Media, introduced a journal of children’s literature studies with a uniquely global reach. Each issue is theme-based and features three [...]

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 Judging of the 2020 Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award

Judging of the 2020 Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award

December 29, 2020

In November, Leonard collaborated virtually with French critic Nathalie Beau and a small group of Chinese jury panelists in selecting the winners of this year’s Original Illustration [...]

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 The magazine Chinese parents are reading

The magazine Chinese parents are reading

December 23, 2020

This year, Leonard became a columnist for the Chinese monthly Meng (or “Dream”). Spurred onby the hope that China’s rising generation will play an important role on the world [...]

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 Helen Oxenbury reviewed

Helen Oxenbury reviewed

December 17, 2020

The Minneapolis-based online Bookology Magazine recently had these good words to say aboutHelen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration. Read the review here.

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 News (and Laughs) from Down Under

News (and Laughs) from Down Under

November 7, 2020

How lovely to be read by Australian children’s book author Michelle Cooper. In a recent Memoranda blog post, she comments from half a world away on Leonard’s collection of [...]

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 Calling picture book writers everywhere

Calling picture book writers everywhere

November 7, 2020

Astra Publishing House in association with Beijing-based Thinkingdom Media and the European and American editors of minedition have launched a worldwide picture book writing competition open to [...]

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 Foreign Literature Studies interview

Foreign Literature Studies interview

November 7, 2020

Earlier this year, Chinese literature scholar Zhang Shengzhen visited New York University on a Fulbright Fellowship. While in New York, she contacted Leonard and recorded a wide-ranging interview [...]

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 Spotting the world’s best new picture books

Spotting the world’s best new picture books

November 7, 2020

This fall, Leonard again served as one of dPictus.com’s guest curators for its annual “100 Outstanding Picture Books” showcase at the Frankfurt International Book Fair. dPictus [...]

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 Children’s Literature Quarterly Book Review

Children’s Literature Quarterly Book Review

October 12, 2020

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 [...]

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