Leonard Weisgard was een gevierd illustrator wiens werk het visuele landschap voor talloze kinderboeken vormgaf. Diep beïnvloed door primitieve kunst, gotische en renaissance schilderkunst, en avant-gardistische Franse illustratoren, gebruikte Weisgard een rijk palet aan kleuren en media, van gouache tot pen en inkt, om zijn illustraties te doordrenken met levendigheid en magie. Zijn passie voor hoogwaardige kinderliteratuur kwam voort uit zijn eigen jeugdige ontevredenheid met monotone kunstwerken, wat hem ertoe aanzette om jonge lezers een visueel rijke en boeiende wereld te presenteren.
Every year a tree is chosen to be the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. This is the story about one of the trees chosen and the family it belonged to. Originally published in Family Circle Magazine in 1954.
Margaret Wise Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of the perennial classics Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny , asks children to think deeply about the importance of everyday objects, from apples to spoons. With lyrical words and vivid illustrations by Caldecott winner Leonard Weisgard, The Important Book shows children just how important everyday objects can be. What is the most important thing about a spoon? The fact that you can eat with it? What about an apple? Or a shoe? This book helps curious preschoolers notice important details about their everyday surroundings, like daisies are white, rain is wet, and a spoon is used for eating. For the important thing about The Important Book is that the book resonates long after it's closed. What's most important about many familiar things—like rain and wind, apples and daisies—is suggested in rhythmic words and vivid pictures. "A perfect book. The text establishes a word game which tiny children will accept with glee," said Kirkus . Chosen as a "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" by the American National Education Association. "Rekindles the sense of wonder we were born with. True poetry about perceiving the world around us." — Mark Frauenfelder , BoingBoing magazine
From the Golden Books archives comes a classic Christmas tale by a master storyteller and one of the great Golden Books illustrators.A forest is hushed for the animals' Christmas. The elephant brings a fir tree from far away, and the animals gather silently. . . . The kangaroos decorate the tree with pinecones, and the giraffe places a star at the top.“Now, as it happened before, the lion lay down with the lamb. . . .”This beautifully told story by noted author Jan Wahl is brought to life with richly textured paintings by Caldecott Medalist Leonard Weisgard, celebrating the majesty and wonder of Christmas. It was originally published in 1988.