Kid Lit: Morningside Children's Book Panels
Beginning in the fall of 1982, the members of the children's book panel, which became a holiday tradition, provided listeners with a guide through the new stack of books available each year. CBC Archives has selected six episodes to feature, and among the many titles and authors you may find some old friends or discover some new ones. So whether you're off to the library, bookstore, or doing some online buying, you too can take inspiration from their choices.
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Picture books new for '82
Broadcast Date: Dec. 1, 1982
CBC Radio's Morningside has assembled a panel of three stellar reviewers of children's books – Michele Landsberg is a columnist for the Toronto Star, Judy Sarick owns the Children's Bookstore in Toronto and Virginia Davis is the director of The Children's Book Centre in Toronto. The breadth of their knowledge and experience in this area is wide, but what these three reviewers bring to the discussion is an unabashed love for children's books. After they establish some basic principles involved in choosing picture books – and they all agree that there are no rules – they tell us the story of what's new in the world of picture books in 1982.Picture books new for '82
The panel reviews the following books:
- The Baby's Catalogue by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
- A Northern Alphabet by Ted Harrison
- Sunshine and Moonlight both by Jan Ormerod
- The Church Mice in Action by Graham Oakley
- Red is Best by Kathy Stinson
- Spot's Birthday Party by Eric Hill
- Carousel by Donald Crews
- I'm Only Afraid of the Dark at Night by Patti Stren
- Frogs, a pop-up book
- Babies Need Books by Dorothy Butler
Picture books new for '82
Medium: Radio
Program: Morningside
Broadcast Date: Dec. 1, 1982
Guest(s): Virginia Davis, Michele Landsberg, Judy Sarick
Host: Peter Gzowski
Duration: 18:02
Photo:
Red is Best. Written by Kathy Stinson. Cover illustration by Robin Baird Lewis. Annick Press, 2006.
Last updated:
March 17, 2009
Picture books new for '82.
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Last updated: March 17, 2009.
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