Leonard S. Marcus

Education

BA, magna cum laude, Yale University; MFA, University of Iowa

Books

Author of more than 25 award-winning books, including: Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon; Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom; Golden Legacy: The Story of Golden Books; You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk about Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell; Pictured Worlds

Publications include

Frequent contributor, The New York Times Book Review

Curatorial projects include

"The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter," New York Public Library

Awards and honors include

Founding Trustee, Eric Carle Museum; Honorary Doctorate, Bank Street College of Education; Chen Bochui Award, Government of the People’s Republic of China