Pictures at Play: Metafiction in Art

Illustrations from the following books are in Pictures at Play: Metafiction in Art, on view in the Central Gallery from May 4 - November 3, 2024. 

Journey, by Aaron Becker, Candlewick, 2013.

Draw!, by Raul Colón, Paula Wiseman Books, 2014.

Out of Wonder: Poems about Poets, by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjorie Wentworh, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, Candlewick, 2017.

William Still and his Freedom Stories, by Don Tate, Peachtree, 2020.

This Book Just Ate My Dog, by Richard Byrne, Henry Holt & Co, 2014.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book?, by Lauren Child, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2003.

Redwoods, by Jason Chin, Flash Point/Roaring Brook, 2009.

Turning Pages: My Life Story, by Sonia Sotomayor, illustrated by Lulu Delacre, Philomel, 2018.

A Very Cranky Book, by Angela DiTerlizzi, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi, Quill Tree Books, 2023.

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

Here and Now, by Julia Denos, illustrated by E.B. Goodale, Clarion Books, 2019.

The Day the Crayons Quit, by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, 2013.

Red Again, by Barbara Lehman, HMH Books, 2017.

Bats at the Library, by Brian Lies, Clarion Books, 2008.

Black and White, by David Macaulay, Clarion Books, 1990.

Tomfoolery! Randolph Caldecott and the Rambunctious Coming-of-Age of Children’s Books, by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Barbara McClintock, Chronicle Books, 2023.

The Oldest Student, by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by Oge Mora, Anne Schwartz Books, 2020.

Dreamers, by Yuyi Morales, Neal Porter Books, 2018.

It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way, by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Julie Morstad, HarperCollins, 2019.

My Pen, by Christopher Myers, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015.

Draw the Line, by Kathryn Otoshi, Roaring Brook, 2017.

The Adventures of Sparrowboy, by Brian Pinkney, Simons & Schuster, 1997.

There Was a Party for Langston, by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey, Atheneum/Caitlin Dlouhy Books, 2023.

10 Minutes Till Bedtime, by Peggy Rathman, G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, 1998.

Chloe and the Lion, by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Adam Rex, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2012.

Drawn Together, by Minh Lê, illustrated by Dan Santat, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2018.

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, by Jon Scieska, illustrated by Lane Smith, Viking Books for Young Readers, 1992.

Little Red Writing, by Joan Holub, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, Chronicle Books, 2013.

Baabwaa and Wooliam, by David Elliott, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, Candlewick, 2017.

Fox the Tiger, by Corey R. Tabor, Greenwillow Books, 2018.

Bad Day at Riverbend, by Chris Van Allsburg, Clarion Books, 1995.

Flotsam, by David Wiesner, Clarion Books, 2006.

The Three Pigs, by David Wiesner, Clarion Books, 2001.

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!, by Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, 2006.

The Whisper, by Pamela Zagarenski, Clarion Books, 2015.