Winterthorn
Ariel S. Winter is the author of We Too Were Children, Mr. Barrie
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We too Were Children, Mr. Barrie
http://wetoowerechildren.blogspot.com/
After years of finding children’s books tucked away in authors’ bibliographies (Graham Greene wrote children’s books!), followed by quick disappointment (how can they be out of print?), I realized that I was having this same frustrating revelation over and over. And when I would bring these discoveries up with my friends, they would have the same reaction (John Updike wrote children’s books! How can they be out of print?) The goal of this blog is to make more widely known these much-coveted literary rarities (and perhaps stir up enough interest to bring them back into print).
LATEST ARTICLES ( 83 )
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Interview: Etienne Delessert
THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING THING that has grown out of We Too Were Children, Mr. Barrie. In September of 2011, I received a one-line email from Etienne Delessert... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE -
James Joyce: the Cat and the Devil Uk Edition
ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE news broke that a new James Joyce picture book was to be published, I discovered (through this site) that my usually exhaustive research... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Umberto Eco: the Three Astronauts
FOR UMBERTO ECO AND EUGENIO CARMI'S FIRST PICTURE BOOK, The Bomb and the General, they tackled the Cold War arms race. For their second, The Three Astronauts,... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE -
James Joyce: the Cats of Copenhagen
SEVENTY-SIX YEARS AFTER IT WAS WRITTEN, and forty-eight years after the publication in picture book form of his first children's book (We Too Were Children's... Read more
Posted on 10 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Umberto Eco: the Bomb and the General
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WE TOO WERE CHILDREN, MR. BARRIE, one of the things I hoped to examine was the way in which an author accustomed to writing for adults... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Eleanor Roosevelt: Christmas
THE FIRST WORDS that come to mind when you hear the name Eleanor Roosevelt are First Lady. After that perhaps you think, founding member of the United Nations... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Happy Hanukkah: Guest Post on Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves
JUST IN TIME for the final candle, I have a guest post over at the magnificent Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves: The Adventures of K'Ton Ton by Sadie Rose... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Guest Post Today and Tomorrow on Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves
IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN enough Muppets the last few weeks, I'm bringing a daily dose today and tomorrow over at Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves. Read more
Posted on 21 November 2011 BOOKS -
Good Night, Wendy: Dr. Seuss
THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL, better known as Dr. Seuss, worked in every possible field that requires writing and drawing. There were the children books, of course,... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Pictures Added to "dad's the One with the Pipe"
I KNOW the lag time between my posts grows ever longer. (The Cummings did take me two weeks to research and write, so it's not just my laziness. Read more
Posted on 01 November 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
E. e. Cummings: Fairy Tales
THIS IS DIFFICULT, but see if you can follow. On June 12, 1916, Scofield Thayer married Elaine Orr (who became Elaine Thayer, her first marriage). One of... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Aldous Huxley: Les Corbeaux De Pearblossom
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS I have limited myself to English language books on We Too Were Children, Mr. Barrie. However, for the sake of completion, I am compelled to... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Chinua Achebe: How the Leopard Got His Claws New Edition
IT IS ALWAYS EXCITING when a well-deserving book comes back into print, and while I will always remain fond of the original illustrations, it's hard not to... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Aldous Huxley Book Review
In his lifetime, Aldous Huxley was considered one of the great thinkers, a man who preached pacifism, the mystical possibility of sensual experience beyond... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2011 BOOKS -
Warren Chappell: Peter and the Wolf Follow up
MY LAST POST on Warren Chappell's music series, a series which includes three titles by John Updike, was a link to a full scan of Chappell's Peter and the Wolf. Read more
Posted on 05 June 2011 BOOKS -
Gertrude Stein: to Do: a Book of Alphabets and Birthdays
AFTER THE SUCCESS OF THE WORLD IS ROUND, Gertrude Stein immediately wrote a second children's book, To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays. Far more... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Gertrude Stein: The World is Round
MOST PEOPLE KNOW GETRUDE STEIN for the single line, "A rose is a rose is a rose." Some smaller group of people know her as an art collector and the hostess of... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Kermit the Frog's Reviews in the New York Times
I WOULD GUESS (or hope) that there is some overlap between my readership and those who follow Jim Henson's Red Book on Henson.com. Read more
Posted on 03 May 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
Guest Post Today on Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves
I GUEST BLOGGED TODAY (and got a very nice introduction) on the inimitable Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves. Check out my post here. And if you're not already... Read more
Posted on 30 March 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE -
John Updike: a Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects
IN 1957 JOHN UPDIKE PUBLISHED his first book, The Carpentered Hen and other tame creatures, a collection of poems that had appeared in The New Yorker starting i... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE