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Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 04/07/2018
Join us for a presentation by children’s book historian, author, and critic Leonard Marcus. Celebrate this true original as the American Library Association marks the 80th anniversary of the coveted prize named for him: the Randolph Caldecott Medal.

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Join us for a presentation by children’s book historian, author, and critic Leonard Marcus.  This illustrated talk introduces the sly, fun-loving Victorian whose kinetic drawing style and keen feeling for life culminated in the invention of an art form the world has come to embrace: the children’s picture book.  Celebrate this true original as the American Library Association marks the 80th anniversary of the coveted prize named for him: the Randolph Caldecott Medal.


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Location:

125 West Bay Road
Amherst, MA, 01002
United States

Phone:

413-559-6300
Contact name: 
Sandy Soderberg
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
04/07/2018
Time: 
1:00pm
Price: 
Free with Museum admission ($6-22.50)

Ages

Teenagers Adults without kids