![]() The director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Horning continued, “His use of wordless sequential art is just as fresh today as it was when the book was first published 40 years ago.” Susannah Richards, associate professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, remembers Spier’s books from her own childhood. ![]() Horning told School Library Journal when asked for her thoughts on Spier's contributions to the landscape of children's literature. “Spier’s 1978 Caldecott Medal book, Noah’s Ark, was decades ahead of its time,” K.T. ![]() Spier was known for his detailed drawings that encouraged a closer look at illustrations, which gave a new perspective to familiar stories, places, and songs in Noah’s Ark (Doubleday, 1977), Circus! (Dragonfly Books, 1995), and The Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night (Dragonfly Books, 1961). ![]() Spier died on Apin Port Jefferson, on Long Island, NY, at the age of 89. Photo by David Osika The world of children’s literature is mourning award-winning illustrator, Peter Spier. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. ![]() Selling the shoes from the trunk of his car in 1963, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year. Phil Knight opens up in ways few CEOs are willing to do.”įresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey, riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” ( Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.īill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of the year and called it “an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. ![]() ![]() ![]() A few double-page spreads add emphasis and variety: the drifting wounded manatee, two night views with the baby and, finally, the pair returning to their home, where a new sign says “Slow down! Manatees.” Though fiction, the story was inspired by an actual event, and the author’s customary attention to environmental detail makes it an excellent companion to his All About Manatees (2007) and A Manatee Morning (2000). On the text side, tiny insets offer other scenes from the manatee’s natural environment. His pastel acrylic paintings stretch across the gutters, set off from the text by a wavy ribbon of color implying the separation of the manatee’s watery world. No fault is implied indeed, in an afterword, Arnosky stresses that boaters are usually quite careful, but accidents do happen. This straightforward account is gently told. ![]() A pregnant Florida manatee, accidentally injured by a passing motorboat, is rescued and rehabilitated in a tank on land, where she gives birth before both are released back into their canal home. ![]() |