Books
Bibliography (chronological order)
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DAVID'S LITTLE INDIAN. Text by Margaret Wise Brown. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Young Scott Books New York, NY. 1956; Hyperion New York, NY. 1989; Dell Young Yearling, New York, N.Y 1992
DRESS UP AND LET'S HAVE A PARTY. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Young Scott Books, New York, NY. 1956
THE CURIOUS LITTLE KITTEN. Text by Bernadine Cook. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Young Scott Books New York, NY. 1956
WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Young Scott Books, New York, NY. 1957
WHAT IS THE WORLD? Text by Betty Miles. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Alfred A Knopf, New York, NY. 1958
THE DEAD BIRD. Text by Margaret Wise Brown. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA. 1958; Dell Publishing, New York, NY. 1979; Harper Collins New York, NY. 1985
A MOON OR A BUTTON. Text by Ruth Kauss. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Harper Brothers, New York, NY. 1959
A DAY OF SUMMER. Text by Betty Miles. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Alfred A Knopf, New York, NY. 1960
A DAY OF WINTER. Text by Betty Miles. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Alfred A Knopf New York, NY. 1961
FOUR FUR FEET. Text by Margaret Wise Brown. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Young Scott Books New York, NY. 1961; Dell Publishing, New York, NY. 1990
IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Young Scott Books, 1962
THE TREE ANGEL. Text by Remy Charlip and Judith Martin. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Alfred A Knopf, 1962
JUMPING BEANS. Text by Remy Charlip and Judith Martin. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Alfred A Knopf, 1963
FORTUNATELY. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Parents Magazine Press, 1964; Simon and Schuster, 1993
MY VERY OWN SPECIAL PARTICULAR PRIVATE AND PERSONAL CAT. Text by Sandol Stoddard Warburg. Design and illustration by Remy Charlip. Houghton Mifflin, 1966
MOTHER MOTHER I FEEL SICK SEND FOR THE DOCTOR QUICK QUICK QUICK. Text by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Parents Magazine Press, 1966; Tricycle Press, 2001
WHAT A FINE DAY FOR . . . Text by Ruth Krauss. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Harper and Row, 1967
I LOVE YOU. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Avon, 1967; Scholastic Books, 1999
HARLEQUIN AND THE GIFT OF MANY COLORS. Text by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree. Illustrations by Remy Charlip. Parents Magazine Press, 1973
ARM IN ARM. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Parents Magazine Press New York, NY. 1969; Perpetua Press, London, England. 1973; Tricycle Press, Berkeley, CA. 1997
HANDTALK: AN ABC OF FINGERSPELLING AND SIGN LANGUAGE. Text by Remy Charlip and Mary Beth. Photographs by George Ancona. Parents Magazine Press, 1974
HOORAY FOR ME! Text by Remy Charlip and Lilian Moore. Illustrated by Vera B. Williams. Parents Magazine Press, 1975; Tricycle Press, 1996
THIRTEEN. Text by Remy Charlip and Jerry Joyner. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Parents Magazine Press, 1975; Aladdin Books, 1994
THE SEEING STICK. Text by Jane Yolen. Illustrated by Remy Charlip and Demetra Maraslis. Thomas Crowell, 1997
FIRST REMY CHARLIP READER. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Contact Editions, 1986
HANDTALK BIRTHDAY: A NUMBER AND STORY BOOK IN SIGN LANGUAGE. Text by Remy Charlip and Mary Beth. Photographs by George Ancona. Parents Magazine Press, 1987
IDEAS FOR TEACHING ART TO CHILDREN. Edited by Remy Charlip. San Francisco Arts Education Project, 1995
PEANUT BUTTER PARTY. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Tricycle Press, 1999
SLEEPYTIME RHYME. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Greenwillow Books, 1999.
FROM REMY CHARLIP'S WORLD: BOOKS INTO THEATER/THEATER INTO BOOKS. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. San Francisco Public Library, 1999
WHY I WILL NEVER EVER EVER EVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO READ THIS BOOK. Text by Remy Charlip. Illustrations by John J. Muth. Tricycle Press, 2000
ARM IN ARM. Japanese edition. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Tokuma Shoten, Tokyo, Japan. 2001
BABY HEARTS AND BABY FLOWERS. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Greenwillow Books, 2002
MAMAN! MAMAN! J'AI MAL AU VENTRE! (MOTHER MOTHER I FEEL SICK!) French edition. Text by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Circonflexe, 2002
ON DIRAIT QU'IL NEIGE (IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW). French edition. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Les Trois Ourses, 2003
A PERFECT DAY. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Greenwillow Books, 2007
LITTLE OLD BIG BEARD AND BIG YOUNG LITTLE BEARD. Text by Remy Charlip. Illustrated by Remy Charlip and Tamara Rettenmund. Marshall Cavendish, 2003
RIEN (NOTHING). French edition.Text by Remy Charlip. Illustrations by Eric Dekker. Editions Memo, 2005
NIENTE (NOTHING). Italian edition.Text by Remy Charlip. Illustrations by Eric Dekker. Orecchio Acerbo Editore, 2007
HARLEQUIN AND THE GIFT OF MANY COLORS. Japanese edition.Text by Remy Charlip and Burton Supree. Illustrations by Remy Charlip. Fukunkan Shoten, 2008
OU EST QUI? (WHERE IS EVERYBODY?). French edition. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Editions MeMo, 2008
DEGUISONS-NOUS (DRESS UP AND LET’S HAVE A PARTY). French edition. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip, Editions Memo, 2008
HEUREUSEMENT (FORTUNATELY). French edition. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip, Editions MeMo, 2011
FORTUNATAMENTE (FORTUNATELY). Italian edition.Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip, Orecchio Acerbo Editore, 2010
SEMBRA PROPRIO NEVE(IT LOOKS LIKE SNOW). Italian edition. Text and illustrations by Remy Charlip. Les Trois Ourses, 2011
MIOMIAOIL MIO UNICO SPECIALISSIMO GATTO (MY VERY OWN SPECIAL PARTICULAR PRIVATE AND PERSONAL CAT), Italian edition.Text by Sandol Stoddard Warburg. Design and illustration by Remy Charlip. Orecchio Acerbo Editore, 2012
Mon Chat Personnel et Privé Spécialement Réservé à Mon Usage Particulier (MY VERY OWN SPECIAL PARTICULAR PRIVATE AND PERSONAL CAT), French edition. Text by Sandol Stoddard Warburg. Design and illustration by Remy Charlip. Editions MeMo, 2012
FOUR FUR FEET. Japanese edition. Text by Margaret Wise Brown. Illustrated by Remy Charlip. Shueisha
A Page is a Door
by Remy Charlip
The Excitement in a well written book happens from word to word, sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph, chapter to chapter.
But usually the turning from page to page is incidental, and in a long book a bother. It doesn't matter if something happens on page 9 or 289.
While reading a book, I sometimes wish I didn't have to hold it up, it gets so heavy, and I fantasize a sea of type automatically unrolling, one word in focus at a time, at just the right speed, on a moving screen or scroll.
A scroll, or long paper with accordion pleats or separate sheets in a portfolio are all books of a sort. But a book, as we refer to it today, has distinct physical properties, just as painting, sculpture, film, and other art forms have their distinct physical properties
A book is a series of pages held together at one edge, and these pages can be moved on their hinges like a swinging door. They could also be half-doors, doors with windows, double doors, like fold-outs, doors with attachments, pop-ups, textures or moving parts, and shaped doors.
Of course if a door has something completely different behind it, it is much more exciting. The element of delight and surprise is helped by the physical power we feel in our own hands when we move that page or door to reveal a change in everything that has gone before, in time, place, or character.
A thrilling picture book not only makes beautiful single images or sequential images, but also allows us to become aware of a book's unique physical structure, by bringing our attention, once again, to that momentous moment: the turning of the page.