Philip Nel: 4 books
Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss
How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Crockett Johnson (born David Johnson Leisk, 1906-1975) and Ruth Krauss (1901-1993) were a husband-and-wife team that created such popular children's books as The Carrot Seed and How to Make an Earthquake. Separately, Johnson created the enduring children's classic Harold and the Purple Crayon and...
Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss
How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Crockett Johnson (born David Johnson Leisk, 1906-1975) and Ruth Krauss (1901-1993) were a husband-and-wife team that created such popular children's books as The Carrot Seed and How to Make an Earthquake. Separately, Johnson created the enduring children's classic Harold and the Purple Crayon and...
Was the Cat in the Hat Black?
The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Racism is resilient, duplicitous, and endlessly adaptable, so it is no surprise that America is again in a period of civil rights activism. A significant reason racism endures is because it is structural: it's embedded in culture and in institutions. One of the places that racism hides-and thus perhaps...
It's the Income, Stupid
The 7 Secrets of a Stress-Free Retirement
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Congratulations. You are in a rare minority. You have saved and invested for your retirement. But after decades of accumulation, have you thought about how to organize your portfolio once you begin de-cumulating? Can you have a virtual paycheck to replace your former real one? ...