Category Archives: Albert Whitman history
From the Archives: Winter Blues? Try Going Dutch!
The temperature was -6 here in Chicago yesterday morning. There are ice ruts on the sidewalks, salt stains on everyone’s shoes, and on every street corner is a dirty mound of rock-hard snow fifteen feet high. You know what we … Continue reading
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From the Archives: The Tomorrow of Yesterday
These first few weeks of writing “2011″ on your checks sure makes you feel like you live in the future, doesn’t it? Which is why this seemed like a perfect time to show you this gem from our archives—The Wonderland … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Whitmans
If you’ve been reading this blog since the summer, you’ve seen plenty of our old books. But we’re occasionally asked about other old books—books that turn up quite often at flea markets, antique stores, and in personal collections. Here’s an … Continue reading
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From the Archives: The Archivist speaks!
By Kathleen Spale When most people think of summer vacation, they think of time spent on beaches in the sun with sand and water spreading endlessly around them. So when I heard about an opportunity to sit in a small, … Continue reading
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From the Archives: Let’s Fly to Bermuda! (Because We’re Fabulous)
Remember when air travel was so glamorous that you had to wear a tie, even if you were a kid? Well, okay, neither do we. But in 1942, when we published Let’s Fly to Bermuda by Marjorie Barrows, it was … Continue reading
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The Way It Was and the Way It Is Now
(Our thoughts about our new submissions policy and the fact that we will no longer respond to every unsolicited manuscript): Twenty-five years ago, Albert Whitman received hundreds of manuscripts a year and we read every single one. People typed their … Continue reading
From the Archives: Good Morning, Teacher
Nothing like a week’s worth of posts about grammar and punctuation to make you feel like you’re in school again. So it seems only appropriate to feature Jene Barr’s Good Morning, Teacher (note the comma!) for this week’s archive. Published … Continue reading
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From the Archives: My Friends Live in Many Places
In 1980, Polish-born photographer Dorka Raynor published My Friends Live in Many Places, the third of three photo-essay picture books she did with Albert Whitman. Raynor photographed young subjects from all over the world—from Japan to South Africa to Iran. … Continue reading
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From the Archives: Watch it With That Hammer
You pampered kids these days, with your cushy iPods and your Silly Bandz! You know what kind of books nine-year olds of the 1940s liked to curl up with? A nice book about popular hand tools, that’s what. Yes, this … Continue reading
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From the Archives: Tell Them My Name is Groovy
My name is Wendy, and I’m having a flashback to my 70s childhood. Tell Them My Name is Amanda by JoAnne Wold was published in 1977 with single-color illustrations by Dennis Hockerman. (And don’t you think Tell Them My Name … Continue reading
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