Books on Film: Getting to Know James Marshall
“Jimmy, you will never be an artist.”
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I love this Weston Woods video featuring children’s literature legend James Marshall. The story of why he stopped drawing as a kid is equal parts heartbreaking and triumphant.
(via Austin Kleon)
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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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I would love to see the stereotypical Indians in books he illustrated redone! George in headdress in a GEORGE AND MARTHA book and the dog in the STUPIDS books…
Thank you for posting this gem! I have always loved James Marshall, and I was so sad the day I learned that he died. He was truly gone too soon. Lucky for us that he defied that teacher and became an artist after all! He will forever make me smile.