Giuseppe Castellano talks to Antonia Markiet, retired Editorial Director for HarperCollins Children’s Books, about her early days as an editor at Harper & Row; what illustrators should do if they want to be great; why Maurice Sendak’s newest book, Ten Little Rabbits, was published more than a decade after his passing; and more.

Find Ten Little Rabbits at your favorite library or bookstore.

Artists mentioned in this episode include: Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, H.A. Rey, Victoria Kann, Brooke Goffstein, Chris Van Allsburg, David Wiesner, Ivan Chermayeff, Fred Marcellino, and Mercer Meyer

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