This week, Caldecott winners celebrate a new David Wiesner exhibition; Jin Xiaojing, an Emerging Artist Award winner, spends the day at Little, Brown; and author Lauren Myracle gets to know Denver readers.
More Than Words
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass., welcomed guests to the opening of the museum’s exhibition, “David Wiesner & the Art of Wordless Storytelling,” on June 17. The exhibition features 70 of Wiesner’s watercolor illustrations, including those appearing in three of his Caldecott Medal winning titles: Tuesday (1992), The Three Pigs (2002), and Flotsam (2007). Speaking of the Caldecott, three fellow Medalists attended the event to honor Wiesner and his work: (from l.) David Wiesner, Chris Van Allsburg, Jerry Pinkney, and David Macaulay, with Alix Kennedy (center), executive director at the Eric Carle Museum.
An Emerging Talent
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers recently announced Jin Xiaojing as the recipient of its first Emerging Artist Award, which will be given each year to an illustrator who creates quality original art that offers a diverse perspective. Xiaojing won the award for her picture book project I Miss My Grandpa, a story about a child learning about her ancestry. Included with Xiaojing’s award was a day of mentorship with Jerry Pinkney and other children’s book professionals. Here, Xiaojing is flanked by creative director Dave Caplan, and Andrea Spooner, v-p and editorial director.
It Must Be Magic
Author Lauren Myracle, who co-authors the Upside-Down Magic series with Sarah Mlynowski and Emily Jenkins, met with 150 Denver-area kids on June 13 for the launch of the Youth One Book, One Denver summer reading program. Upside-Down Magic was selected to be the city’s reading pick this summer. In July, Mlynowski will join Miracle in Denver for three days of events related to the first book in the series.
