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Number 26
August 2014
The Arne Nixon Center thanks everyone who made the
combined Secret Garden Party and Leo Politi Garden
Rededication in April such a remarkable event. Our
gratitude extends especially to past ANCA President
Denise Sciandra, whose idea it was to create the garden
honoring the friendship between author Leo Politi and
Professor Nixon; landscape architect Bob Boro, who
designed the garden;
artist John Cook, who
produced beautiful rep-licas
of Politi’s mosaic
sidewalk tiles; and
sculptor Lester Harries,
who cast bronze repro-ductions
of Politi’s only
known statues. Most of
all, we thank the many
donors who helped to
make the Leo Politi
Garden a reality.
The celebration was graced with warmth and
cloudless skies and the garden bloomed with snap
dragons, day lilies, and pansies. Randy Morris, a long-time
friend of Nixon, played jazz tunes on his saxophone
accompanied by guitarist David Spencer. Attendees were
honored to see President Castro and First Lady Mary
Castro and enjoyed the President’s welcoming address.
Special guests were the extended family of Leo Politi,
including his children, Paul Politi and Suzanne Bischof.
Paul talked of his father, his books, his legacy, and how
the family would remember this day of commemoration.
Earlier, Paul and Suzanne had visited Fresno State’s
Gibson Farm Market, where they made a surprising find.
They returned to the Garden with two pots of long-limbed
shrubs hung with red and yellow-tipped blooms.
Paul said these Flowering Maples were their mother’s
favorite plants and he asked that they be placed in the
Garden in her memory. Finding the plants solidified the
message that there always will be a home for the Politi
family in a garden at Fresno State.
ANCA Annual Meeting
with acclaimed author Joanne Rocklin
Secret Garden Party and
Politi Garden Rededication
The Arne Nixon Center for the
Study of Children’s Literature
and ANCA (the Arne Nixon
Center Advocates) invite every-one
to attend a presentation by
award-winning author Joanne
Rocklin, the guest speaker for
ANCA’s 2014 Annual Meeting
on Friday, October 24. The
meeting will be held at Fresno
State in the Henry Madden
Library, Auditorium Room
2206 (2nd floor, South wing). A catered reception will
begin at 6:00 p.m., with Rocklin’s talk to begin at 7:00 p.m.
Joanne Rocklin, Ph. D., has written over 20 books for
children, encompassing several genres. She has a doctorate
in psychology and is a former elementary school teacher,
presently writing children’s books full-time. Her books
include The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook, One Day and
One Amazing Morning on Orange Street, and For
Your Eyes Only! Her books have received numerous
awards and honors.
Rocklin’s newest book, Fleabrain Loves Franny, tells
the story of Franny Katzenback. Set in Pittsburgh in 1952,
polio-stricken Franny finds herself trapped and lonely and
in need of a friend. After becoming enthralled with the
newly-published Charlotte’s Web, Franny begins esca-pades
with a bug of her own, a well-read, eloquent flea
who has taken up residence on her
dog’s tail. Fleabrain possesses
extraordinary powers. He whisks
Franny away to far-off sites and
accomplishes good deeds through-out
their nightly adventures.
Fleabrain Loves Franny is a
heart-warming historical fiction/
fantasy that middle grade readers
THE
(See Annual Meeting, page 2)
photo by Gerry Nelson
magine the thrill of picking up a telephone and hearing
the voice of E.B. White reading a chapter of Charlotte’s
Web to you. That’s what I experienced earlier this year on
my third visit to the New York Public Library’s exhibit of
“The ABC of It, Why Children’s Books Matter.” An added
bonus was seeing curator extraordinaire Leonard Marcus,
who was leading his university students on a tour! I once
heard Arne Nixon say that if he could save only one book
from a burning building, it would be Charlotte’s Web. “It
is not often that someone comes along who is a true
friend and a good writer.” (page 184) My life is constantly
enriched with friends, authors, and books through my
affiliation with ANCA.
My next stop was at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture
Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. My husband thought
he was just going to take photos of the beautiful building
and grounds but was fascinated with the exhibit of
Simms Taback. While in the gift shop we saw Margarita
Engle’s books displayed!
The last stop was a family vacation on California’s
Central Coast where once again children’s literature was
featured when my six-year-old grandson begged his mom
to please read one more chapter of Charlie and the Choc-olate
Factory (which could have been influenced by the
s’mores we cooked on the beach that night). His aunt,
visiting from Washington, D.C., read her battered copy of
Go Dog Go to him.
ANCA honored Denise Sciandra at the Life Member’s
Tea with valentines of thanks for her many years of
dedication to the Arne Nixon Center. The Leo Politi
Garden rededication and Secret Garden Party combined
events were lovely. With your continued support we will
contribute to exhibitions, events, symposia, and confer-ences
the Arne Nixon Center sponsors … but for now I am
off to my first Winkie Convention in San Diego. As Dr.
Seuss said, “Oh the places you’ll go!”
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ANCA Anecdotes
by Kristene Petrucci Scholefield,
ANCA President
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Annual Meeting, from page 1
(Arne Nixon Center Advocates)
are sure to treasure. Learn more about Rocklin and her
books at www.joannerocklin.com.
Rocklin’s talk is free of charge and open to the public.
A brief administrative meeting will be held during the
first few minutes of the program. Rocklin’s books will be
available for sale and autographing after the presentation.
Parking in Lots P30 and P31 (closest to the Library) will
be unrestricted. Please make reservations by sending email
to Jami Sanford at jsanford@csufresno.edu or by calling
the Center at 559.278.8116. Reservations can also be made
by replying to http://pawsforms.csufresno.edu/rsvp and
using the passcode rocklin2014.
Please plan to join us!
October 24, 2014
ANCA Annual Meeting featuring
Guest Speaker Joanne Rocklin
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Madden Library Room 2206
November 26
Deadline to submit proposals for censorship
conference “Outlawed: The Naked Truth about
Censored Literature for Young People”
www.outlawed2015.com
December 12
Holiday Party for Volunteers
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Arne Nixon Center in the Madden Library
April 9, 2015
“An Evening with Sherman Alexie”
7:30 p.m.
Satellite Student Union, Fresno State
Conference:
“Outlawed: The Naked Truth
about Censored Literature
for Young People”
All the illustrations featured in this issue of The
Magic Mirror are the work of Gabrielle Vincent.
Book titles accompany the illustrations, except the one
used with the “First Lines” quiz on
the back page—that one is from
Feel Better, Ernest!
April 10–12
Smile, Ernest and Celestine
Bravo, Ernest and Celestine!
by Jennifer Crow
CORNER
CURATOR’S
itting here among Arne Nixon’s collection, it’s sad
to hear the dismal findings on the number of books
published last year featuring diverse characters.
Arne Nixon specifically collected a wide range of
books with themes and characters that embrace the
great diversity of our many cultures and histories.
He knew how important it is for children to see
people like themselves reflected in society’s literature. Shared recognition
provides validation of young lives. Nixon also knew it was equally important
to see those unlike ourselves portrayed in our literature. Learning about the
lives and experiences of others fosters acceptance and a celebration of differ-ences.
The hope of early exposure to diversity is to instill in children a sense of
self-realization and of compassion, both greatly needed in our world today.
Yet once again, statistics indicate a denial of our changing demographic
needs. The Cooperative Children’s Book Center in the School of Education at
University of Wisconsin–Madison compiles and reports yearly statistics on
books written by and about people of color published in the United States.
Of books published in 2013, a disheartening number were by and about
minority peoples. Out of approximately 3,200 books • 93 books had significant
African or African American content • 67 books were by black authors and/or
illustrators • 34 books had American Indian themes, topics, or characters • 18
books were by American Indian authors and/or illustrators • 61 books had
significant Asian/Pacific or Asian/Pacific American content • 88 books were by
authors and/or illustrators of Asian/Pacific heritage • 57 books had significant
Latino content • 48 books were by Latino authors and/or illustrators.
The children’s literature world was shaken by these statistics. Now we are
ready to fight to make significant and lasting changes. The late Walter Dean
Myers addressed growing up without cultural representation in the March 15
issue of The New York Times Sunday Review (just a few months before his
death). In his article, “Where Are the People of Color in Children’s Books?”
Myers said he realized that when he wrote about poor inner-city children he
wanted “to make them human in the eyes of readers and, especially, in their
own eyes. I want to make them feel as if they are part of America’s dream, that
all the rhetoric is meant for them, and that they are wanted in this country.”
So, what can we do? In a market-driven world, we can direct the market.
Buy books that celebrate diversity, books for our libraries, classrooms, our
children, friends, and ourselves; books by authors who understand the spec-trum
of experiences. Talk about diversity in books; recommend to others those
with diverse characters. Place diversity-themed books on library shelves
within their genres and include their use every month of the year. From the
many resources available, educate yourself and others about books of diversity
and use social media to promote them. Write to the authors and publishers of
books that feature diversity to praise them for the books they create and to
encourage them to produce more.
Lack of diversity in children’s literature is a problem. It is a complex prob-lem
that involves the consumers, the publishers, the market and economy, the
authors, and the myths and misconceptions about “Others” that continue to
exist—but it is a problem we can all do something about. Arne Nixon rejoiced
in diversity. Join us in our commitment to promote books of diversity and
spread the celebration!
The Arne Nixon Center for the
Study of Children’s Literature
Henry Madden Library
California State University, Fresno
5200 North Barton Ave. M/S ML34
Fresno CA 93740-8014
Open Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
or call for an appointment.
Phone: 559.278.8116
Website: www.arnenixoncenter.org
Jennifer Crow, Curator
Email: jcrow@csufresno.edu
Jami Sanford, Library Servs. Specialist
Mai Soua Lee, Curatorial Assistant
Jennifer Crow, Editor
Janet Bancroft, Co-editor & Designer
Peter McDonald, Michael Cart,
Leonard Marcus
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ANCA Board of Directors
ANC Governing Committee
Alma Flor Ada, Steven Mooser
Magic Mirror
Kristene Scholefield, President
Phone 559.434.3743
Email: kmpvsaa@gmail.com
Jessica Kaiser,
1st Vice President
Judith Neal,
2nd Vice President
Audry Hanson,
Corresponding Secretary
Jennifer Crow,
Recording Secretary
Cynthia MacDonald, Treasurer
Cheryl Caldera, Dan Dunklee,
Ruth Kallenberg, Jo Ellen Misakian,
Denise Sciandra, Ellis Vance
ANC Advisory Committee
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4 President Joseph I. Castro chats with Valley school children who attended
the “Turning Pages” exhibition in the Library.
“Turning Pages” exhibition: a success story
T he Arne Nixon Center paired with the Library’s Special
Collections Research Center in the spring to present an
exhibition entitled “Turning Pages: Intersections of Books
and Technology.” The wide-reaching displays took viewers
through time to explore the ways in which technologies,
old and new, have continually transformed books. From a
cuneiform clay tablet to a 1474 copy of the Vita Christi,
from the first children’s hornbooks to the iPad app Pop
Out! A Tale of Peter Rabbit, examples from the Library’s
collections filled the Leon S. Peter’s Ellipse Gallery.
The hands-on displays included a bank of typewriters
where those too young to remember them delighted in
finding new machines with which to create words on
paper. (Older guests, conversely, often associated typewri-ters
with office work.) Around the corner was a discovery
wall where guests
could open cup-boards
and pull out
drawers. Inside were
books on View Mas-ters,
flipbooks, rub-ber
stamps, and ink
pads to play with. A
Teddy Ruxpin talk-ing
bear sat behind
a glass wall reading
and singing to those
who walked by.
Exhibition visitors could contribute to collaborative dig-ital
books using the “Exquisite Storybook” website created
specifically for the show by Fresno State digital media
professor Rusty Robison. Preloaded illustrations designed
by students in Professor Doug Hansen’s illustration class
provided prompts for the imagination. Professional illus-trators
Richard Wanjema and Tommy Kovac contributed
artwork, as well. The Center hopes to promote the
“Exquisite Storybook” digital site’s use to schools as a
curriculum tool for writing.
In addition to Library-owned artifacts, on
display was artwork from five internationally-known
artists who use discarded books as their
medium. One artist was Mike Stilkey. His “Day of
Celebration” consisted of 908 books stacked eleven
feet high and nine feet wide to create a canvas on
which he painted a whimsical-looking elephant
wearing a top hat and bow tie. Stilkey spoke at the
opening reception, revealing that libraries love
donating discarded books to him. The books most
often used in Stilkey’s creations are those by
Danielle Steele. Other acclaimed artists in the
exhibition were Su Blackwell, Brian Dettmer,
Pamela Paulsrud, and Thomas Allen.
The nine-week exhibition was attended by nearly
4,500 visitors. Special docent-led tours were conducted
for over 830 Valley school children. The tours included
participation in a related art project designed by art
education professor Paulette Fleming, a visit from the
famous transformer, Bumblebee, and a take-home book to
start each student’s own home library.
In a positive review for The Fresno Bee, reviewer
Donald Munro said the “clever and good-hearted
exhibition” … “nudges the viewer toward the staying
power of books, no matter the format or the technology
that made them possible.”
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Feel Better, Ernest!
enter personnel have been hard at work this summer
archiving the backlog of authors’ and illustrators’ papers.
While we aren’t finished yet, we have made excellent
progress. Recently completed are the papers donated by
Ruth Bornstein, Barbara Bottner, Joanne Rocklin, and
Tracy Barrett. Finding guides for these papers and others
are available on our website (www.arnenixoncenter.org)
under the Research tab: click on “Finding Aids” on the
right side of the page. Future plans include working with
the Library’s catalog department to make the papers ac-cessible
through the Library’s online catalog. A brochure
detailing the Center’s archival holdings will be published
and distributed.
Archival Arrivals
The Center would like to thank non-fiction writer
Ginger Wadsworth for her donation of papers. Her gift of
nine boxes included highly-organized typewritten, edited
manuscripts; correspondence with her editors; primary
source research; extensive photographic inquiry; and
copies of covers of her books. Within Wadsworth’s do-nation
were 17 copies of her books,
including a Korean language version
of her picture book, River Discoveries.
Her papers are being processed by April
Wheaton, a San Jose State University,
School of Library and Information Science
archive intern.
Wadsworth, who received a degree from Uni-versity
of California at Davis in English Literature
and American History and Literature, has penned
many award-winning non-fiction books. Her special
interests are biographies, natural history, and American
history, as witnessed by the titles of her latest books:
Yosemite Songster: One Coyote’s Story, winner of the 2014
Storyteller Spur Award, and The First Girl Scout: The
Life of Juliette Gordon Low, named to the American
Library Association’s 2013 Amelia Bloomer List.
Another much appreciated arrival is the donation of
papers from Tracy Barrett, who sent the Center one box
filled with manuscripts, galleys, and personal corres-pondence.
Barrett is the author of numerous books for
children and young adults. Her bachelor’s degree in
Classics–Archaeology from Brown University, along with
her M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature, laid the
groundwork for many of her non-fiction and fictional
works. Included in her well-received books are The King
of Ithaka, a retelling of the Odyssey; Dark of the Moon, an
adaptation of the Theseus and the Minotaur myth; Anna
of Byzantium, based on the life of the historical Princess
Anna Comnena; and The Stepsister’s Tale, her most recent
book, with a surprising look at the Cinderella story
through the eyes of one of the stepsisters.
Barrett has been a member of the Society of Children’s
Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) for more than 20
years. After leaving her post as the Regional Advisor for
the Midsouth (Tennessee and Kentucky), she became
SCBWI’s Regional Advisor Coordinator for the entire U.S.
In February, author Joanne Rocklin drove from the
Bay Area to personally deliver five boxes and plastic tubs
filled with her typescripts, correspondence, notes, re-search
material, reviews, awards, receipts, and personal
postcards. She also donated 27 autographed books.
Rocklin has written nearly 30 books, encompassing
several genres, for children. She has a doctorate in psy-chology
and is a former elementary school teacher,
presently writing children’s books full-time. Her books
include The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook, One Day and
One Amazing Morning on Orange Street, and For Your
Eyes Only! She has received the California Library Asso-ciation’s
Beatty Award, the FOCAL Award, and the Cali-fornia
Book Award, as
well as many other
accolades. She will be
the guest speaker
for ANCA’s An-nual
Meeting on
October 24.
A later donation
made by Rocklin in
June included a letter
from the Erin Murphy
Literary Agency in collab-oration
with The Weinstein
Company. In addition to the letter, a
permission request and a materials release form were
archived. These forms requested the use of Rocklin’s book
One Day and One Amazing Morning on Orange Street
as a prop in the soon-to-be-filmed motion picture,
Southpaw. The film will be directed by Antoine Fuqua
(Training Day) and will star Jake Gyllenhaal, Lupita
Nyong’o, Forest Whitaker, and Rachel McAdams. A por-tion
of the script and description of the use of the book
were also included in the archive.
The Center thanks all of these wonderful authors for
their donations. We are honored to house your papers!
Summer in the Arne Nixon Center archives
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Call for Proposals: While most people are familiar with
attempts to censor children’s and young adult literature, the
problem of censorship continues to provoke many who believe
that children and adolescents benefit from considering diverse
viewpoints and cultural experiences. In recent years, many
examples of children’s and young adult literature—including
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, And Tango Makes Three, and
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian—have been
challenged in schools and libraries. This conference seeks to
explore the ways in which censorship affects young readers
whose parents, teachers, and civic leaders attempt to navigate
thorny terrains of identity in a world in which information circu-lates
more freely than ever before.
The Arne Nixon Center is seeking scholarly presentations
for the conference. Presentations may highlight creative work,
community engagement, pedagogy, or scholarship. Sessions
will last 75 minutes (15-20 minutes per presenter). Proposals
for individual presentations should be 250-300 words, while
proposals for entire sessions should be no more than 500
words. Please include two- to three-sentence biographies for
each participant and indicate any audio-visual/media needs.
Deadline for proposals for both individual and panel
submissions is November 26, 2014. Submit electronically to
Dr. Kathleen Godfrey, English Department, Fresno State,
kgodfrey@csufresno.edu.
Topics could include • Suppressed or silenced histories
• International contexts for censorship • Technology, digital lit-eracies
• Fan fiction as a response to banned texts • Twitter
and the use of social media • History of censorship and banned
book lists • LGBTQ+ literature • Recent attempts to ban books
based on cultural empowerment movements • Sex and Censor-ship
• Self-censorship • Recommended age ratings for books
• Creating curriculum that supports the use of banned books
• “Artivism” and subtext in illustrations • Graphic novels, novels
in verse, and experimentation with form • Libraries (school/
community/archives) and closed reference cases • Publishing
or Pre-Censorship • Schools (K-12, public/private) • Religion,
spirituality, and mysticism in banned books • Authorial politics
and the reception of Young Adult literature.
Confirmed Speakers: Joan Bertin • Michael Cart • Leslèa
Newman • Matt de la Peña • Leonard Marcus.
Registration & Information: www.outlawed2015.com
Ernest and Celestine
n June 13, the Center had the pleasure of cospon-soring
Fresno Film Works’ presentation of Ernest and
Celestine. The animated film, shown in the Tower
Theatre, was based on a series of picture books by
Gabrielle Vincent. The stories feature a bear, Ernest, and
his young charge, a mouse named Celestine. After the
first showing of the film, Center Curator Jennifer Crow
answered questions about the books and film.
The Belgian-French film premiered at the Cannes
Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for an academy
award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2013. An
all-star cast, English-dubbed version was released in the
United States in 2014. The film’s meticulous design, hand
animation, and musical refrains captured the essence of
the charming books. The filmmakers, whose intent was
to pay homage to the series and its creator, crafted a new
story depicting how the unlikely pair came to meet and
to rely on each other’s care. The diminutive but plucky
Celestine helps to transform the solitary Ernest into a
loving father figure. The film is a story of acceptance,
trust, and love, and in keeping with the gentle nature of
the books, it will delight any audience.
Containing little or no text, the books depict the
tender parent/child relationship between Ernest and
Celestine primarily through expressive watercolor illus-trations.
With a minimalist approach, the stories recount
the day-to-day adventures of the two endearing char-acters
as they entertain in the public square, cut and sew
patchwork quilts, prepare for a picnic, and become an
unscheduled act at the circus.
Gabrielle Vincent was a Belgian author, illustrator, and
fine artist whose given name was Monique Martin. She
took her pen name from her grandparents’ first names to
avoid the stigma fine artists may face in writing and
illustrating children’s books. The Ernest and Celestine
books were written from the early 1980s until 2000, when
Vincent passed away. Three of the titles were published
posthumously. Of the total 26 books, only a small number
were translated into English and
published in the U.S. by
William Morrow & Co. The
English versions are now
out of print, but recently the
books were republished in
their original French language.
The Center owns copies of
seven of the books (both French
and English versions of one title)
and looks forward to acquiring
more. Information about the film
Ernest and Celestine is found at
www.ernestandcelestine.com.
THE NAKED TRUTH
ABOUT CENSORED LITERATURE
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Arne Nixon Center Conference April 10-12, 2015
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Feel Better,
Ernest!
hen acclaimed author Lesléa Newman was asked to partic-ipate
in the Center’s upcoming conference on censorship, she
asked how many of her books the Center owns. Hearing it
housed fewer than she had written, she offered to mail
additional books for the collection, sending nine books in all.
One of these titles, Too Far Away to Touch, has been added
to the Center’s LGBTQ bibliography. It’s the story of Zoe and
her favorite relative, Uncle Leonard, who makes Zoe laugh,
tells her jokes, and takes her on enjoyable adventures. When
Uncle Leonard explains to Zoe that he is sick with AIDS, Zoe
becomes worried, but soon realizes that he is still her loving
uncle. Using the stars as a metaphor, Uncle Leonard helps to
calm Zoe’s fears of death. Illustrated by Catherine Stock, Too
Far Away to Touch provides hope in the face of loss. The
growing LGBTQ bibliography can be found on the Center’s
website under the Research tab: click on “Bibliographies” on
the right side of the page, then “LGBTQ Bibliography.”
Newman has written over 60 books for both children and
adults. Her books include the once controversial and banned
Heather Has Two Mommies; a Stonewall Honor book, October
Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard; an award-winning
middle-grade novel, Hachiko Waits; Children’s Book Council &
International Reading Association-listed Best Cat in the
World; and a Sydney Taylor Notable Book, A Sweet Passover.
A past poet laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts, Lesléa
Newman currently teaches at Spalding University’s
brief-residency
MFA in Writing
program.
1Yosemite Songster: One Coyote’s Story by Ginger Wadsworth
4The Giver by Lois Lowry
Answers to quiz
2King of Ithaka, by Tracy Barrett
3Fleabrain Loves Franny, by Joanne Rocklin
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(Answers on page 7)
ON A SUNNY SPRING MORNING in Yosemite National Park,
Coyote and her mate stalk a squirrel on a hillside.
Q1
Can you identify the books that begin with these lines?
Q2 HEAR THIS: I did not hate my father for leaving
us. I was, of course, only a baby when he left, but
even as I grew up fatherless yet with a living
father, I still did not hate him.
One thing Franny knew. Angels did not exist in
real life. But there they were, floating all around her.
Q3
Q4 It was almost December, and Jonas
was beginning to be frightened.
