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The New Picture Books

Evans, Ernestine | November 19, 1930 issue

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The article discusses books and authors. Another fall, another Christmas coming; Commerce holding up a bright penny to the publishers, and all of them betting what will sell; no wonder the picture books tumble from the presses. By and large, for all their bright appearance, like little cakes with pink frosting, there is not as much good eating or delicious remembering as there should be considering the numbers. Still, half a dozen new artists make their bow in the children's book field. Author Mary Martin in "The First Picture Book" sets the time of day for the next year's books quite as much as writer Wanda Gag's hand-lettered "Millions of Cats."

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AUTHORS; GAG, Wanda, 1893-1946; MARTIN, Mary; CHRISTMAS; LITERATURE; BOOKS
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