"Amelia Earhart": The Book that Almost Did Not Fly

Autor/inn/en	Young, Terrell A.; Ward, Barbara A.
Titel	"Amelia Earhart": The Book that Almost Did Not Fly
Quelle	In: Journal of Children's Literature, 37 (2011) 1, S.48-53 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-7779
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Publishing Industry; Authors; Illustrations; Teamwork; Awards; United States History; Reputation; Females; Air Transportation; Chad + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Author; Autor; Autorin; Bildliche Darstellung; Award; Auszeichnung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Tschad
Abstract	If an entire village is needed to raise a child, and the successful launch of the Apollo XI required 400,000 men and women, then surely it stands to reason that a book that wins the 2009 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction also must have required a team of talented individuals, each contributing some direction and adding some special touch to "Amelia Earhart: Legend of the Lost Aviator". This article demonstrates how an illustrator's determination to pay tribute to a famous aviator inspired the collaboration of a publishing team. In a series of phone and e-mail communications, the authors interviewed the book's author Shelley Tanaka, the illustrator David Craig, the art director Chad Beckerman, and Abrams's publisher Howard Reeves for insight into how the book made its way from a vague concept and a book that almost never made it off the drawing board to a colorful, engaging story of an inspiring woman about whom much had already been written. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Children's Literature Assembly. 940 Vandalia Road, Morgantown, WV 26501. Tel: 304-291-2393; Fax: 304-291-2393; e-mail: jcl@wvnet.edu; Web site: http://www.childrensliteratureassembly.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10