A 1943 letter from Crockett Johnson. Asked about himself, he dodges the question.
Crockett Johnson: A Quiet Man
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Month: August 2010
The Art of PowerPoint: A User’s Guide
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Would you like to stop abusing PowerPoint? Good. This blog post can help.
Ruth Krauss, mind-reader?
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Is it just me, or does “This is the lady who knows what children think — BEFORE THEY DO” sound like the tag line for a horror movie? Â You will be relieved to know that Ruth Krauss could not read children’s minds. But she was an excellent and sympathetic listener. In her earliest work, she…
He Was a Teen-age Harold: Crockett Johnson’s High School Cartoons
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Two high-school cartoons by Crockett Johnson. Neither has been seen since the 1920s.
“Too Bad His Duck Is So Crazy”: Tim Egan, Seriously Funny
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Tim Egan, seriously funny author-illustrator of picture books, deserves a prize. A big prize. In this post, I try to explain why.
Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom: A Back-to-School Mix
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For those of you in the northern hemisphere, August and September mark the beginning of the fall term – or, at least, they do if you are or have been a student, a parent/guardian of a student, or a teacher. This mix is for you. And, yes, I know that I’ve omitted the Beach Boys’…