内容简介
Shetrustedherimmenseintuitionandgenerousheart--andpublishedthemost.UrsulaNordstrom,directorofHarper'sDepartmentofBooksforBoysandGirlsfrom1940to1973,wasarguablythesinglemostcreativeforceforinnovationinchildren'sbookpublishingintheUnitedStatesduringthetwentiethcentury.Consideredaneditorofmavericktemperamentandtaste,herunorthodoxvisionhelpedcreatesuchclassicsasGoodnightMoon,Charlotte'sWeb,WheretheWildThingsAre,HaroldandthePurpleCrayon,andTheGivingTree.LeonardS.MarcushasculledanexceptionalcollectionoflettersfromtheHarperCollinsarchives.Thelettersincludedherearerepresentativeofthebrilliantcorrespondencethatwasinstrumentalinthecreationofsomeofthemostbelovedbooksintheworldtoday.Fullofwitandhumor,theyareimmenselyentertaining,thought-provoking,andmovingintheirrevelationofthedevotionandhigh-voltageintellectofanincomparablygiftededitor,mentor,andpublishingvisionary.UrsulaNordstrom,directorofHarper'sDepartmentofBooksforBoysandGirlsfrom1940to1973,wasarguablythesinglemostcreativeforceforinnovationinchildren'sbookpublishingintheUnitedStatesduringthetwentiethcentury.Consideredaneditorofmavericktemperamentandtaste,herunorthodoxvisionhelpedcreatesuchclassicsasGoodnightMoon,Charlotte'sWeb,WheretheWildThingsAre,HaroldandthePurpleCrayon,andTheGivingTree.LeonardS.MarcushasculledanexceptionalcollectionoflettersfromtheHarperCollinsarchives.Thelettersincludedherearerepresentativeofthebrilliantcorrespondencethatwasinstrumentalinthecreationofsomeofthemostbelovedbooksintheworldtoday.Fullofwitandhumor,theyareimmenselyentertaining,thought-provoking,andmovingintheirrevelationofthedevotionandhigh-voltageintellectofanincomparablygiftededitor,mentor,andpublishingvisionary.
作者简介
LeonardS.Marcusisahistorian,biographer,andcriticwhosemanybooksincludeMargaretWiseBrown:AwakenedbytheMoon;DearGenius:TheLettersofUrsulaNordstrom;andStoriedCity.Inaddition,hehasbeenParentingmagazine'schildren'sbookreviewersince1987.Thisishisfirstpicturebook.HelivesinBrooklyn,NewYork,withhiswife,AmySchwartz,andtheirson,Jacob.