Issue 200 - Digital Version

ISSUE NO 200 (Nos 195-200) 1978/79 Cover Image by Annegert Fuchshuber, Augsburg Issue 200 of Graphis magazine is a special issue devoted to children's books. The articles address international children's book publishing, including: 1979 Is the Year of the Child, written by Dr. Hans Conzett; The Rights of the Child; Current Picture-Book Publishing in the United States, by Michael Patrick Hearn; Children's Books in Britain: Divergent Styles and Occasional Highlights, by Brian Alderson; French Children's Books: Cult of the New v. the Old Favourites, by Christine Chagnoux; German Children's Books - a Ray of Hope for Children in an Unkind Age?, By H. Krahe; The International Palette of Swiss Children's Books, by Bettina Hurlimann; Children's Books in Japan: Rapid Growth and a Promising Future, by Tadashi Matsui; Children's Book Illustration in Poland: A Landscape with Rainbow, by D. Wroblewska; Children's Books in Czechoslovakia: A Younger Generation Takes Over, by Dr. D. Roll; and Notes on the International Picture-Book Scene, by Anna Katharina Ulrich. CONTENTS 478 1979 Is the Year of the Child, by Dr. Hans Conzett, Zurich 480 The Rights of the Child 482 Current Picture-Book Publishing in the United States, by Michael Patrick Hearn, New York 502 Children's Books in Britain: Divergent Styles and Occasional Highlights, by Brian Alderson, London 516 French Children's Books: Cult of the New v. the Old Favourites, by Christine Chagnoux, Paris 526 German Children's Books - a Ray of Hope for Children in an Unkind Age? By H. Krahe, Hamburg 542 The International Palette of Swiss Children's Books, by Bettina Hurlimann, Zurich 560 Children's Books in Japan: Rapid Growth and a Promising Future, by Tadashi Matsui, Tokyo 566 Children's Book Illustration in Poland: A Landscape with Rainbow, by D. Wroblewska, Warsaw 576 Children's Books in Czechoslovakia: A Younger Generation Takes Over, by Dr. D. Roll, Bratislava 584 Notes on the International Picture-Book Scene, by Anna Katharina Ulrich, Basle