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Zolotow's work was published by more than 20 different houses. She was an editor, and later publisher, at Harper & Row, which was called Harper & Brothers when she began to work there and is now known as [[HarperCollins]]. The poem "Missing You" from ''River Winding'' appears in ''Best Friends'', a collection of poems,<ref>{{cite book |title=Best Friends |last=Hopkins |first=Lee Bennett (ed.) |author2=James Watts (illus.) |year=1987 |publisher=Harper & Row |location=USA |isbn=0-06-022561-0}}</ref> and "People" from ''All That Sunlight'' appears in the collection ''More Surprises''<ref>{{cite book |title=More Surprises (An I Can Read Book) |last=Hopkins|first=Lee Bennett (ed.)|author2= Megan Lloyd (illus.)|year=1987 |publisher=Harper & Row |location=USA |isbn=0-06-022604-8}}</ref> (both of these anthologies bear the emblem, "A Charlotte Zolotow Book"). She contributed a story (called ''Enemies'', illustrated by Ben Shecter) to ''The Big Book for Peace'' where she appears alongside other well-known authors and illustrators including [[Lloyd Alexander]], [[Steven Kellogg]] and [[Trina Schart Hyman]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Big Book for Peace |last=Durell |first=Ann |author2=Marilyn Sachs (ed.)|author3= designed by Jane Byers Beirhorst |year=1990 |publisher=Dutton Children’s Books |location=New York |isbn=0-525-44605-2 |pages= }}</ref>
Zolotow's work was published by more than 20 different houses. She was an editor, and later publisher, at Harper & Row, which was called Harper & Brothers when she began to work there and is now known as [[HarperCollins]]. The poem "Missing You" from ''River Winding'' appears in ''Best Friends'', a collection of poems,<ref>{{cite book |title=Best Friends |last=Hopkins |first=Lee Bennett (ed.) |author2=James Watts (illus.) |year=1987 |publisher=Harper & Row |location=USA |isbn=0-06-022561-0}}</ref> and "People" from ''All That Sunlight'' appears in the collection ''More Surprises''<ref>{{cite book |title=More Surprises (An I Can Read Book) |last=Hopkins|first=Lee Bennett (ed.)|author2= Megan Lloyd (illus.)|year=1987 |publisher=Harper & Row |location=USA |isbn=0-06-022604-8}}</ref> (both of these anthologies bear the emblem, "A Charlotte Zolotow Book"). She contributed a story (called ''[[Enemies]]'', illustrated by [[Ben Shecter]]) to ''[[The Big Book for Peace]]'' where she appears alongside other well-known authors and illustrators including [[Lloyd Alexander]], [[Steven Kellogg]] and [[Trina Schart Hyman]].<ref>{{cite book |title=[[The Big Book for Peace]] |last=[[Ann Durell|Durell |first=Ann]] |author2=[[Marilyn Sachs]] (ed.)|author3= designed by [[Jane Byers Beirhorst]] |year=1990 |publisher=[[Dutton Children’s Books]] |location=[[New York]] |isbn=0-525-44605-2 |pages= }}</ref>


One of Zolotow's titles most widely held in [[WorldCat]] libraries is ''When the Wind Stops'', a picture book edited by [[Ursula Nordstrom]] and published in 1962 with illustrations by Joe Lasker, in 1975 illustrated by Howard Knotts, and in 1995 illustrated by Stefano Vitale (a revised edition).<ref name=bibl/><ref name=wind/> In June 2014, the [[Children's Literature Association]] named the latter a runner-up for next year's [[Phoenix Picture Book Award]], which annually recognizes a picture book with lasting value that did not win a major award 20 years earlier. "Books are considered not only for the quality of their illustrations, but for the way pictures and text work together."<ref name=picture>[http://www.childlitassn.org/phoenix-picture-book-award "Phoenix Picture Book Award"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219090943/http://www.childlitassn.org/phoenix-picture-book-award |date=December 19, 2016 }}. Children's Literature Association. Retrieved 2014-07-20.</ref>
One of Zolotow's titles most widely held in [[WorldCat]] libraries is ''When the Wind Stops'', a picture book edited by [[Ursula Nordstrom]] and published in 1962 with illustrations by Joe Lasker, in 1975 illustrated by Howard Knotts, and in 1995 illustrated by Stefano Vitale (a revised edition).<ref name=bibl/><ref name=wind/> In June 2014, the [[Children's Literature Association]] named the latter a runner-up for next year's [[Phoenix Picture Book Award]], which annually recognizes a picture book with lasting value that did not win a major award 20 years earlier. "Books are considered not only for the quality of their illustrations, but for the way pictures and text work together."<ref name=picture>[http://www.childlitassn.org/phoenix-picture-book-award "Phoenix Picture Book Award"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219090943/http://www.childlitassn.org/phoenix-picture-book-award |date=December 19, 2016 }}. Children's Literature Association. Retrieved 2014-07-20.</ref>

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Charlotte Zolotow
BornCharlotte Gertrude Shapiro
(1915-06-26)June 26, 1915
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
DiedNovember 19, 2013(2013-11-19) (aged 98)
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States
OccupationEditor, writer
NationalityAmerican
GenreChildren's picture books, poetry
SpouseMaurice Zolotow (divorced 1969)
ChildrenCrescent Dragonwagon
Website
charlottezolotow.com

Charlotte Zolotow (born Charlotte Gertrude Shapiro June 26, 1915 – November 19, 2013) was an American writer, poet, editor, and publisher of many books for children. She wrote about 70 picture book texts.[a]

The writers she edited include Paul Fleischman, Paul Zindel, Mary Rodgers, Robert Lipsyte, and Francesca Lia Block.

Life

Charlotte Shapiro was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She studied writing with Helen C. White at the University of Wisconsin Madison from 1933 to 1936 and then moved to New York City where she started at Harper & Bros as secretary to the children's books editor Ursula Nordstrom.[1] She was married to Maurice Zolotow from 1938 until their divorce in 1969. Their daughter Ellen is writer Crescent Dragonwagon and son Steven is poker tournament champion Steve Zolotow. She lived in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, where she died, aged 98.[2]

Work

Zolotow's work was published by more than 20 different houses. She was an editor, and later publisher, at Harper & Row, which was called Harper & Brothers when she began to work there and is now known as HarperCollins. The poem "Missing You" from River Winding appears in Best Friends, a collection of poems,[3] and "People" from All That Sunlight appears in the collection More Surprises[4] (both of these anthologies bear the emblem, "A Charlotte Zolotow Book"). She contributed a story (called Enemies, illustrated by Ben Shecter) to The Big Book for Peace where she appears alongside other well-known authors and illustrators including Lloyd Alexander, Steven Kellogg and Trina Schart Hyman.[5]

One of Zolotow's titles most widely held in WorldCat libraries is When the Wind Stops, a picture book edited by Ursula Nordstrom and published in 1962 with illustrations by Joe Lasker, in 1975 illustrated by Howard Knotts, and in 1995 illustrated by Stefano Vitale (a revised edition).[6][7] In June 2014, the Children's Literature Association named the latter a runner-up for next year's Phoenix Picture Book Award, which annually recognizes a picture book with lasting value that did not win a major award 20 years earlier. "Books are considered not only for the quality of their illustrations, but for the way pictures and text work together."[8]

In 1998 the Cooperative Children's Book Center at UW Madison School of Education (CCBC) inaugurated the Charlotte Zolotow Award, "given annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States in the preceding year."[9] (The American Library Association Caldecott Medal is given to the illustrator of an American children's picture book.)

Selected books

Some of Zolotow's picture book writings were revised and several were illustrated more than once. At least two titles (both listed here) were published in three editions with three illustrators.[6]

  • The Park Book, illustrated by H. A. Rey (1944)
  • The Storm Book, illus. Margaret Bloy Graham (1952)
  • The City Boy and the Country Horse, written as Charlotte Bookman, illus. William Moyers (Treasure Books, 1952)
  • Do You Know What I'll Do?, illus. Garth Williams (Harper, 1958); illus. Javaka Steptoe (HarperCollins, 2000)[6]
  • Over and Over, illus. Garth Williams (Harper, 1957 and 1985)[6]
  • The Bunny Who Found Easter, illus. Betty Peterson (Berkeley, CA: Parnassus Press, 1959); illus. Helen Craig (Houghton Mifflin, 1998)[6] – LCCN 97-36827 with publisher description
  • When the Wind Stops, illus. Joe Lasker (Abelard-Schuman, 1962); illus. Howard Knotts (Harper & Row, 1975); revised edition, newly illustrated by Stephan Vitale (HarperCollins, 1995)[6][7]
  • Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present, illus. Maurice Sendak (1963)
  • If It Weren't for You, illus. Ben Shecter (1966)
  • Some Things Go Together, couplets by Zolotow, illus. Sylvie Selig (Abelard-Shuman, 1969); illus. Karen Gundersheimer (Crowell, 1983), illus. Ashley Wolff (HarperCollins, 1999)[6]
  • River Winding, poems by Zolotow, illus. Regina Sherkerjian (Abelard-Schuman, 1970); illus. Kazue Mizumura (Crowell, 1978)[6]
  • Where I Begin, written as Sarah Abbott, illus. Rocco Negri (Coward-McCann, 1970)[6]
  • The Beautiful Christmas Tree, illus. Ruth Robbins (Parnassus, 1972); illus. Yan Nascimbene (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)[6]
  • The Old Dog, written as Sarah Abbott, illus. George Mocniak (Coward-McCann, 1972); revised edition, newly illus. James Ransome (HarperCollins, 1995)[6] – LCCN 93-41081 with publisher description
  • William's Doll, illus. William Pène du Bois (1972)
  • My Grandson Lew, illus. William Pène du Bois (1974)
  • I Know a Lady, illus. James Stevenson (1984)
  • Snippets: A Gathering of Poems, Pictures, and Possibilities, illus. Melissa Sweet (HarperCollins, 1993)[6]
  • Who is Ben?, illus. Kathryn Jacobi (HarperCollins, 1997)

Notes

  1. ^ Publisher HarperCollins credits her with more than 70 "books for young audiences" [10] and the UW Madison Children's Book Center (CCBC) with more than 70 "picture book texts".[9] CCBC lists 69 titles by Zolotow under the "Picture Books" heading.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ CCBC, Biographical Information (top page).
  2. ^ Fox, Margalit (2013-11-19). "Charlotte Zolotow, Author of Books on Children's Real Issues, Dies at 98". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  3. ^ Hopkins, Lee Bennett (ed.); James Watts (illus.) (1987). Best Friends. USA: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-022561-0. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Hopkins, Lee Bennett (ed.); Megan Lloyd (illus.) (1987). More Surprises (An I Can Read Book). USA: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-022604-8. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Durell |first=Ann; Marilyn Sachs (ed.); designed by Jane Byers Beirhorst (1990). The Big Book for Peace. New York: Dutton Children’s Books. ISBN 0-525-44605-2. {{cite book}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m CCBC, Books Written by Charlotte Zolotow Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ a b "Formats and editions of When the wind stops"[permanent dead link‍]. WorldCat. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  8. ^ "Phoenix Picture Book Award" Archived December 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Children's Literature Association. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  9. ^ a b CCBC, Charlotte Zolotow Award Archived October 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ^ "Author Interview: Charlotte Zolotow". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
Citations
  • CCBC. "Charlotte Zolotow" (top page). Wisconsin [Children's] Book Creators. UW Madison School of Education. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
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