Dear genius : the letters of Ursula Nordstrom

Author

Ursula Nordstrom

Call Number

• 921 N8329 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1998.

Physical Description

xlii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

Ursula Nordstrom was the director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973 and "the single most creative force for innovation in children's book publishing in the United States during the twentieth century."--Jacket. This collection includes her correspondence with such authors as Laura Ingalls Wilder, E.B. White, Maurice Sendak, Janice May Udry, Russell Hoban, Clement Hurd, John Steptoe, Nat Hentoff, Zena Sutherland, Crosby Bonsall, Mary Stolz, and Charlotte Zolotow.