Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers

Art from the following books are in Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers, on view in the Central Gallery from April 19 – November 9, 2025.

 

Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse, by Marcy Campbell, illustrated by Corinna Luyken, Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018 

Are We There Yet?: A Story, by Dan Santat, Little, Brown and Company, 2016 

The Arrival, by Shaun Tan, Lothian Books, 2006 

Bear and Wolf, by Daniel Salmieri, Enchanted Lion Books, 2018 

Beautiful Blackbird, by Ashley Bryan, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003 

A Big Mooncake for Little Star, by Grace Lin, Little, Brown and Company, 2018 

Birdsong, by Julie Flett, Graystone Kids, 2019 

Blue Chicken, by Deborah Freedman, Viking Books for Young Readers, 2011 

Blueberries for Sal, by Robert McCloskey, The Viking Press, 1948 

Book of Questions: Selections / Libro de las Preguntas: Selecciones by Pablo Neruda, illustrated by Paloma Valdivia, Enchanted Lion Books, 2022 

Dodo Gets Married, by Petra Mathers, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001 

Float, by Daniel Miyares, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015 

If You Come to Earth, by Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, 2020 

Inside Cat, by Brendan Wenzel, Chronicle Books, 2021 

Joseph had a Little Overcoat, by Simms Taback, Viking Press, 1999 

Julián is a Mermaid, by Jessica Love, Candlewick Press, 2018 

The Lion & the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney, Little, Brown and Company, 2009 

Love in the Library, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall , illustrated by Yas Imamura, Candlewick Press, 2022 

Neither, by Airlie Anderson, Little, Brown and Company, 2018 

Next To Me, by Daniel Salmieri and Sophia Haas, Rocky Pond Books, 2025 

Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock, by Jesús Trejo, illustrated by Eliza Kinkz, Minerva, 2023 

Pompeii: Lost & Found, by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Bonnie Christensen, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 

Punk Farm, by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Alfred A. Knopf, distributed by Random House, 2005 

Rain Drop Splash, by Alvin Tresselt, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1946

Rosie Runs, by Marika Maijala, Elsewhere Editions, 2023  

Seeds, by Carme Lemniscates, Candlewick Press, 2020 

Something, Someday, by Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Christian Robinson, Viking, 2023 

The Very Quiet Cricket, by Eric Carle, Philomel Books, 1990 

We Are Here, by Tami Charles, illustrated by Bryan Collier, Orchard Books, 2023 

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates, by Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, 2018 

When You Can Swim, by Jack Wong, Scholastic Inc., 2023 

The World of Pooh, by A. A. Milne, illustrated by E.H. Shepard, Dutton, 1957