PREFACE by Dave Stemple
The purpose of these pages is to present information about Jane Yolen. The style itself is part of the information about her. The style I chose emphasizes two facets: she is about books, and she is grounded in the rich tradition of children's literature, including fairy and folk tales. I have tried to credit accurately the source of all the graphics, nearly all of which are from 19th century children's book illustrations and end papers. I believe them all to be in the public domain and we want to be told if that is not so. We will remove any graphic that is not in the public domain if we cannot get permission to have it on this site.
There are a lot of graphics in these pages, but I have made all information available in text-only pages accessible via the links at the bottom of the home page. The alternative text for the large book image on the home page directs the reader to the text-only links at the bottom of the page and describes the only image found in a text-only browsing of these pages. Tables are used in the text-only pages to present the information felicitously to a sighted text reader, but should not interfere with a smooth audial rendering of the text. (See site for the Center for Applied Special Technology.)
Clearly, images tell a part of the story more succinctly and, well, more graphically than words alone. I have tried to balance the desire for graphic quality and speed of downloading in the choice of size and quality of images. Frames are used in index pages about books. Frames can be problematic for some browsers, which is another reason, beyond accessibilty, for supplying the text-only pages. The major searching feature in each index page is a scrollable list of cover images in its own frame. We believe that this is an effective way to search, especially for children's books, even if there is a wait for the covers to be displayed.
Enjoy the site. Comments and suggestions about style, features, function or form can be sent to me at janeyolen@aol.com.
USE OF MATERIAL FROM THESE PAGES
The contents of these pages are copyrighted by Jane Yolen and may not be reproduced without her permission. If you wish to use these materials in classroom teaching, please contact us, email Jane (JaneYolen@aol.com), for permission. Jane's agent can also be contacted:
Elizabeth Harding
Curtis Brown
10 Astor Place
New York, NY 10003
phone: 212-743-5400; fax: 212-598-0917.
NOTE FOR STORYTELLERS:
I am always delighted and honored when someone wants to tell my stories. I have four rules:
1. Always identify the author.
2. If it is appropriate, show/display the book from which the story has been taken.
3. Do not change my endings.
4. If you wish to set down the story in a transmittable form--in a tape (audio or video) or in a book/brochure/pamphlet/article or other medium, then you will have to contact my agent and pay a fee:
Holly Frederick
%Curtis Brown
10 Astor Place
New York, New York 10003
phone: 212-473-5400/ fax:
212-598-0917
ADVICE
Images: If expanding images is too slow for you, you can use the text-only pages via the links at the bottom of the home page.
Fonts: It is best to use fonts of no more than 12 pts for variable width and 10 for fixed width (Netscape) or Medium on Explorer.
Frames: The book details pages use frames to allow scanning book covers and getting a book's details by clicking in the covers frame. If your browser does not have frames, you should see a message in these pages to that effect. Use the text-only pages via the links at the bottom of the home page, or use the Full List of Books in the Works page.
CREDITS
Site design by Dave Stemple and Jane Yolen using Adobe PageMill 3.0, Dreamweaver and Photoshop on a Mac G4 running Mac OS 9 and X.
Main Page
Photo - Copyright © Jason Stemple from A Letter from Phoenix Farm by Jane Yolen, Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc., 1992. Background is from end papers of Panpipes A Book of old Songs arranged by Theo. Marzialis, pictures by Walter Crane, George Routledge and Sons, London, 1882. Flowers and Contents decoration are from Afternoon Tea Rhymes for Children by J. G. Sowberry & H. H. Emmerson, Frederick Warne and Co., London / Scribner & Welford, New York, 188-? New design by Theo Black.
This Page
Background is from uncredited end papers of Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume for 1873, edited by Mrs. Alfred Gatty, George Bell and Sons, London, 1873.
Works Page
Graphic header is by Walter Crane from the Socialist paper, Work, 1899. Background is from end papers of The Golden Mermaid and Other Stories edited by Andrew Lang, illustrations by Henry J. Ford, Longmans, Green and Co., New York, London and Bombay, 1906. The background is again used in the Buy a Book page.
Biography Page
Graphic header is by Margaret E. Webb from St. Nicholas for Young Folks, February, 1905. Background is from Fairy Tales from Brentano by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould, John W. Lovell, New York. Photos of full family copyright by Erin Grinstead, 1999 and Janine Norton, 2003. Other photos by Yolen/Stemple family members.
For Kids Page
Graphic header is by Howard Pyle from The Wonder Clock or Four & Twenty marvelous Tales, being one for each of the days written and illustrated by Howard Pyle Embellished with Verses by Katharine Pyle, Harper Brothers, New York, 1887. Background is from Panpipes A Book of old Songs arranged by Theo. Marzialis, pictures by Walter Crane, George Routledge and Sons, London, 1882, Woman reading and "Jane getting an idea" are by H. J. Ford fromThe Green Fairy Book edited by Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, 1902. "Editor" is from The Story of King Arthur and his Knights written and illustrated by Howard Pyle, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1929.
For Teachers Page
Graphic header is by Howard
Pyle from The Wonder Clock or Four & Twenty marvelous
Tales, being one for each of the days written and illustrated
by Howard
Pyle Embellished with Verses by Katharine Pyle, Harper Brothers,
New York, 1887. Background is from Afternoon Tea Rhymes for Children
by J. G. Sowerbry & H. H. Emmerson, Frederick Warne and Co.,
London / Scribner & Welford, New York, 188-?
For Writers Page
Graphic header is by Howard Pyle from Pepper & Salt or Seasoning for Young Folk, Harper and brothers, New York, 1913. The background is, we believe, from an illustration in the German edition of the 18th century Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux by M. Le Comte de Buffon. It is scanned from a print we acquired in Germany. The owl is an Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) or Uhu as they say in German. It is a close relative to the Great Horned Owl, featured in Owl Moon. In the French edition of Owl Moon, the owl is identified as un grand duc, the French name of the Eagle Owl. The owl in the header is probably a Barn Owl (Tyto alba), but could be a Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus).
Travel Page
Heading and background graphics are by Walter Crane from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1893.
Awards Page
Graphic header is by Howard Pyle from The Wonder Clock or Four & Twenty marvelous Tales, being one for each of the days written and illustrated by Howard Pyle Embellished with Verses by Katharine Pyle, Harper Brothers, New York, 1887. The background is from the endpapers of Little Folks' Handy Book written and ilustrated by Lina Beard and Adelia B. Beard, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.
Music Pages
Graphic header of the Play the Music page is by Howard Pyle from The Wonder Clock or Four & Twenty marvelous Tales, being one for each of the day written and illustrated by Howard Pyle Embellished with Verses by Katharine Pyle, Harper Brothers, New York, 1887. Background is from the endpapers of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, Hodder and Stoughton, New York and London, 1909.
What's New Page
Graphic header is by Walter Crane from A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1893. Background is from Afternoon Tea Rhymes for Children by J. G. Sowberry & H. H. Emmerson, Frederick Warne and Co., London / Scribner & Welford, New York, 188-?
Picture Books Pages
Background is from the endpapers of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, Hodder and Stoughton, New York and London, 1909.
Genre Lists of Books Pages
Graphic header by C. S. M. from St. Nicholas for Young Folks, March, 1898. Background from endpapers of Afternoon Tea Rhymes for Children by J. G. Sowerbry & H. H. Emmerson, Frederick Warne and Co., London / Scribner & Welford, New York, 188-?
Poetry Pages
Graphic Header for the Poetry Sampler is from Fairy Tales from Brentano by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould, John W. Lovell, New York. Background is from the endpapers of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, Hodder and Stoughton, New York and London, 1909.
THANKS
Thanks to Joy
Chu for constructive suggestions.
Please send us email at janeyolen@aol.com. if something is not clear.
Last updated October 25, 2007
© 2000 by Jane Yolen