"Slate has asked us—indeed hired us—to talk about their big picture-book package, "The 25 Best Picture Books of the Past 25 Years." (Did you like how I called it a "package"? Did it make me sound like a Real Journalist?) (Not to me, but go off.) As regular readers know, at Looking at Picture Books, we mostly talk about older works, a decision we made carefully, and for a lot of reasons. And now we're throwing that policy out the window. Just for a minute. We will go back to it."
"Here is what Slate says: "To make this guide to the best picture books published over the past quarter-century, we surveyed more than a hundred authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, academics, and publishing pros." That's a lot of pros. Jon, were you one of the pros? JON: I was not! They did not call me. MAC: They emailed you. I was cc'd on that email. JON: I don't read those! MAC: So you did not fill out your survey. Is what we're learning. I did fill out my survey, for the record."
A curated list of the 25 best picture books from the past 25 years was produced from a survey of over a hundred authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, academics, and publishing professionals. Participation among invitees varied: at least one respondent completed the survey while another did not. The usual emphasis on older picture books is temporarily set aside to consider more recent titles, with a stated intention to return to the prior focus. Explanations of involvement and methodology are delivered with playful, self-aware humor and journalistic asides.
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