This irresistible article warmed my librarian heart! (The gift link I've shared here should let everyone read the article.) It's about an exhibit of author Robert McCloskey's drawings for his children's books - Blueberries for Sal, Make Way for Ducklings, and others - at the Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick. The guest of honor was McCloskey's daughter, Sarah McCloskey, who as a child was the inspiration for Sal herself when Blueberries for Sal came out in 1948. 

The article describes a delightful experience for Sarah McCloskey and all the children and parents who came to hear her read five of McCloskey's books, as well as to view the corresponding "Art of Wonder" exhibit. The exhibit items were on loan from Emporia State University in Kansas, which owns the archive of McCloskey's longtime editor. Because I received my MLS degree from Emporia, I even felt a fun little personal connection to the exhibit!

I'm going to share this article in the Primary Sources in the School Library group here in the TPS Teachers Network. If you are a librarian, in Maine or elsewhere, please consider joining that group, too!

As Sal McCloskey read “One Morning in Maine,” young audience members crept closer and closer. Some followed along in their own copies of the book. Credit...Gin Majka for The New York Times.

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