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The Eric Carle Museum, Talk

November 14 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

Enjoy a morning exploring the Barbara Elleman Research Library (BERL), a collection of scholarly resources and rare books. Librarian Betty Matthews will share some of the treasured items she amassed over the course of her thirty-year career in the children’s literature field, along with more recent additions to the library.

Free with museum admission. Registration recommended, as space is limited. Register

Photo of Barbara Elleman

Barbara Elleman

Before being named Distinguished Scholar of Children’s Literature at Marquette University, Barbara Elleman served as an editor of Booklist magazine and founder of Book Links. Her list of authored books includes Tomie dePaola: His Art and His Stories (1999), Holiday House: The First Sixty-Five Years (2000), Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art (2002), and The Worlds of Tomie dePaola (2021). Together with her husband Don, Barbara donated over 1,000 books to The Carle, where her reference collection about children’s literature resides in the Barbara Elleman Research Library (BERL).

We are terribly sad to share that The Carle has lost one its dearest friends. Our beloved Barbara Elleman—trustee emerita, guest curator, and founder of our research library that bears her name—passed away peacefully in Amherst on October 10th.

Read more about Barbara’s life and legacy.

Details

Date:
November 14
Time:
11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
Website:
https://www.carlemuseum.org/visit/events

Venue

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
125 W Bay Road
Amherst, MA 01002 + Google Map
Phone
(413) 658-1100
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