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Garth Williams, Great American Illustrator
August 16, 2016 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Brookline Booksmith is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Wallace and James Wallace, authors of Garth Williams, American Illustrator: A Life.
Open the pages of so many children’s classics―Stuart Little, Charlotte’s Web, and the Little House books―and you’ll find page after page of Garth Williams’ artistry that brought these stories to life. This is the first full biography of Garth Williams written with the help and cooperation of his family. From enduring the Blitz in London to meeting Winston Churchill and Laura Ingalls Wilder, the authors explore the history behind the illustrations that sparked the imagination of generations of readers.
Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.