Yolen exhibit

As we're so close, some may be interested in the Jane Yolen exhibit up at the Eric Carle Museum in  Amherst.

Yolen is a big presence among the Valley's remarkably large number of children's book authors and illustrators, thanks in part to her startling, and still increasing, number of books, including Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic. It can hardly hurt that she's been dubbed "the Hans Christian Andersen of America." Her online presence is substantial, too, a highly personal page where her bio is long and includes shots of family, and her blog offers great insights into her proclivities and creative process. It's a bit of a goldmine for would-be kids' book authors who want to know what the reality is like.
It was the exhibition of her personal art collection that prompted a recent interview, but speaking with Yolen offered a glimpse of just what has enabled her remarkable pace of creative output, how she collaborates with artists, and the difficulties even she has found working in an uncertain publishing climate.