Minh Lê, of La Mesa, is a national early childhood policy analyst and a children's book author who will be at La Jolla/Riford Library on May 7 to discuss his latest collaboration with Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Dan Santat, "The Blur," about the pace of parenthood
Naomi Rosenblum, Historian of Photography, Dies at 96
Her seminal works brought scholarship to the field and helped develop appreciation for it as a creative art form.
The historian Naomi Rosenblum in an undated photo. Her work helped bring scholarship and recognition to photography as a creative art form.Credit.Paul Strand/Paul Strand Archive, Aperture Foundation
March 5, 2021
Naomi Rosenblum, who wrote about the history of photography and helped elevate it as an art form, died on Feb. 19 at her home in Long Island City, Queens. She was 96.
The cause was congestive heart failure, her family said.
Dr. Rosenblum was the author of seminal works that helped bring scholarship and recognition to photography as a creative art form after practitioners, notably Alfred Stieglitz, had revolutionized the field by defying the conventions of subject matter and composition creating images in the rain and snow, for example, or of a pattern that the sea cut in the sand.
17 picture books you’ve never heard of, but your kids will love
We asked several teachers to provide their picks for kids books
Michelle Ganley, Digital Content Team Managing Editor, Graham Media Group
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Who doesn’t love “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” (And the polar bear version. And the panda edition!) Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle definitely have that formula down to a science.
And well, the classics are the classics for a reason, and most parents can probably agree there will be room for those books on any shelf.
But if you’re looking to jazz up your reading collection, look no further. Some Detroit-area teachers provided their picks on some lesser-known but excellent picture books for children.