Ursula Nordstrom's guest appearances

Ursula Nordstrom

Miranda's Notebook 

Stadtfilter Podcasts

The Biblio File hosted by Nigel Beale

Vintage Lesbians

Lorraine Hansberry

Quentin Tarantino

Emily Dickinson

Nicholson Baker

Marm Mandelbaum

Tom Doherty

Harlan Coben

Cory Doctorow

Yann Martel

Sydney Smith

George Eliot

Larry Thompson

Alex Ross

Lawrence Krauss

Margaret MacMillan

OwlTail

Leonard Marcus

"Ursula Nordstrom (1910 - 1988) was publisher and editor-in-chief of juvenile books at Harper &amp; Row from 1940 to 1973. She is credited with presiding over a transformation in children's literature in which morality tales written for adult approval gave way to works that instead appealed to children's imaginations and emotions." She authored the 1960 children's book The Secret Language, and a  collection of her correspondence, edited by Leonard Marcus, entitled Dear Genius: the Letters of Ursula Nordstrom was published in 1998.   Harper's received three Newbery Medals and two Caldecott Medals during Nordstom's tenure. She edited some of the milestones of children's literature, including E. B. White's Stuart Little (1945) and Charlotte's Web (1952), Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon (1947), Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955), and Syd Hoff's Danny and the Dinosaur (1958). Other authors she edited included Laura Ingalls Wilder, Ruth Krauss, and Charlotte Zolotow.    I talk to Leonard Marcus about everything Ursula.    Photo credit: Sonya Sones.

"Ursula Nordstrom (1910 - 1988) was publisher and editor-in-chief of juvenile books at Harper &amp; Row from 1940 to 1973. She is credited with presiding over a transformation in children's literature in which morality tales written for adult approval gave way to works that instead appealed to children's imaginations and emotions." She authored the 1960 children's book The Secret Language, and a  collection of her correspondence, edited by Leonard Marcus, entitled Dear Genius: the Letters of Ursula Nordstrom was published in 1998.   Harper's received three Newbery Medals and two Caldecott Medals during Nordstom's tenure. She edited some of the milestones of children's literature, including E. B. White's Stuart Little (1945) and Charlotte's Web (1952), Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon (1947), Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955), and Syd Hoff's Danny and the Dinosaur (1958). Other authors she edited included Laura Ingalls Wilder, Ruth Krauss, and Charlotte Zolotow.    I talk to Leonard Marcus about everything Ursula.    Photo credit: Sonya Sones.

Leonard Marcus on the great 20th century children's books editor Ursula Nordstrom

Die Kinderbuchverlegerin, 1910-1988, USA.

Vorbilder*innen #42: Ursula Nordstrom

This week, Alison teaches Shan about children's book publisher, Ursula Nordstrom! If you have ever enjoyed reading a book as a child then this episode is for you.

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