New Releases by Leonard Weisgard

Exhibition catalog for Magician of the Modern: The Art of Leonard Weisgard at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA: March 8, 2016 - June 5, 2016.Softcover, 32 pages, full color. Includes "Shape Shifter: Leonard Weisgard''s Quest for the Modern in American Picture Book Art" by Guest Curator Leonard S. Marcus."The point for him was not to inject abstraction into the American picture book for abstraction''s sake but rather, by doing so, to leave more of the experience and interpretation of an image on the page to the child''s imagination." - Leonard S. Marcus

Tells of the Pilgrims'' courage as they became acquainted with the Indians and produced food from the New England soil in 1620.

Describes, as supported by archaeological evidence, the development of early cities in Mesopotamia from small hamlets to centers of culture which influenced subsequent civilizations. Includes a glossary of terms and names.

A re-creation through pictures and text of life in the New Stone Age.

A little bird hatches and asks "Whose little bird am I?" and many birds tell him why he can''t belong to them. He can''t catch fish like the gull, or say "Hello" like the parrot, or run for miles like the ostrich.

Explains the purpose of a fine arts museum, its main divisions, and the sort of things each contains.