Public Television for Western New England

BookmarkWestern New England has a rich literary tradition, from the writings of Herman Melville who penned Moby Dick while living in the hills of Berkshire County, to the poetry of Amherst's Emily Dickinson.

Children have also delighted in the unique works of Theodor Geisel, best known as Dr. Seuss, and the whimsical art of illustrator Eric Carle.

That tradition lives on in a lengthy list of contemporary authors and illustrators who continue to entertain and inspire. The wealth of compelling guests for a program about authors and illustrators and their craft is nearly limitless.

Host Elinor Lipman is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, The Dearly Departed, The Ladies’ Man, The Inn at Lake Devine, Isabel’s Bed, The Way Men Act, Then She Found Me, and a collection of stories, Into Love and Out Again. Houghton Mifflin will publish her eighth novel, My Latest Grievance, in April, 2006.

After production of a pilot episode, WGBY is currently seeking funding for production of this new series. Interested parties should contact Marie Waechter of the WGBY Corporate Support Department at 800-781-WGBY ext. 247.

 

Anita Shreve, Author

  • Remembering Motherhood: How Working Mothers Are Shaping our Children's Future (1987)

  • Women Together, Women Alone (1989)

  • Eden Close (1989)

  • Strange Fits of Passion (1991)

  • Where or When (1993)

  • Resistance (1995)

  • The Weight of Water (1997)

  • The Pilot's Wife (1998)

  • Fortune's Rocks (2000)

  • The Last Time They Met (2001)

  • Sea Glass (2002)

  • All He Ever Wanted (2003)

  • Light On Snow (2004)

  • A Wedding in December (2005)

 

Jane Dyer, Illustrator

  • Time for Bed

  • I Love you Like Crazy Cakes

  • The Girl in the Golden Bower

  • Cracked Corn and Snow Ice Cream

  • The Snow Speaks

  • Child of Faerie, Child of Earth

  • Talking Like the Rain

  • Blue Moon Soup: A Family Cookbook

  • Little Brown Bear Won’t Take a Nap

  • Little Brown Bear and the Bundle of Joy

  • Little Brown Bear Won’t Go to School

  • Goodnight, Goodnight Sleepyhead

  • Cozy in the Wood

  • My Father

  • Oh My Baby, Little One

  • Babies on the Go

  • A Woman for President

  • Sophie’s Masterpiece: A Spider’s Tale

  • Cinderella’s Dress

  • Piggins

  • Picnic with Piggins

  • Piggins and the Royal Wedding

  • Eight Cousins: From the Original Publisher

  • Blue Moon Soup: A Family Cookbook

  • Here is My Heart: Love Poems

  • Animal Crackers

  • Jack and Jill: From the Original Publisher

  • Babies on the Go

  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears

  • Little Red Riding Hood

  • Moo moo Peekaboo!

  • Yoo Hoo, Little Rabbit

  • Baby Bear ’s Bedtime Book

  • Penrod ’s Pants

  • Penrod Again

  • Whose Garden Is it?

  • The Random House Book of Bedtime Stories

  • Sick Day

  • Good morning Sweetie Pie and other Poems for Little Children

  • The Patchwork Lady

  • Goodnight, Goodnight Sleepyhead

  • Eight Cousins: From the Original Publisher

  • Rainy Day Ghosts and Funny Bones

  • Spin Around the Birthday Planet