Each Learning Center exhibition features original work by a renowned picture-book illustrator. Past exhibitions have featured Eric Carle, Jerry Pinkney, Giselle Potter, Peter Sís, William Wegman, and Ed Young, to name a few. Once a year we also present children’s art from our member schools.
Edel Rodriguez
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| Edel Rodriguez, from the book Mama Does the Mambo by Katherine Leiner, Hyperion Books for Children, 2001 |
In the Learning Center
June 27 -- September 19, 2010
Edel Rodriguez’s brightly colored illustrations for Mama does the Mambo, Oye, Celia: A Song for Celia Cruz, and Sergio Saves the Game! celebrate the energy, movement, and music of Cuba. Meet the artist on August 8 for an afternoon of Cuban family fun and dancing.
Create an English-Spanish alphabet book. Click here to download A, B, and C, then visit the Learning Center to finish your book and enjoy other hands-on activities.
Uri Shulevitz: How I Learned Geography
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In the Learning Center
October 3, 2010 -- January 9, 2011
Based on Uri Shulevitz's childhood memories of World War II, Caldecott Honor Book How I Learned Geography illustrates how a map and his imagination took young Uri far away from his hunger and misery. Meet the artist on October 24.
