A Screening of Celebrated Documentary "Story & Pictures By"
Apr 05, 2025 - Apr 12, 2025
Online event
STORY & PICTURES BY is the first documentary to take audiences behind the scenes to meet three literary stars of children’s picture books. The film follows Christian Robinson, Yuyi Morales, and Mac Barnett as they create experimental work that reflects the mysteries of childhood, champions the marginalized, and provides children with windows and mirrors. "I set out to make "Story & Pictures By" because, as a parent of young children, I realized how little I understood about the power and impact of the picture books we read while snuggling up at bedtime," says Director Joanna Rudnick. Through rare archival, untapped insights, and stop-motion paper animation, we come to understand why classics such as “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” and “The Snowy Day” changed the art form and have stood the test of time. Register by April 4, and receive the screening link and password You can view the film as many times as you want from April 5, 12:01 am. to April 12 - 11:59 pm. Our screening license is for 100 participants max. So, register early!
Event Info
WHAT
STORY & PICTURES BY is the first documentary to take audiences behind the scenes to meet three literary stars of children’s picture books. The film follows Christian Robinson, Yuyi Morales, and Mac Barnett as they create experimental work that reflects the mysteries of childhood, champions the marginalized, and provides children with windows and mirrors.
"I set out to make "Story & Pictures By" because, as a parent of young children, I realized how little I understood about the power and impact of the picture books we read while snuggling up at bedtime," says Director Joanna Rudnick.
Through rare archival, untapped insights, and stop-motion paper animation, we come to understand why classics such as “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Wild Things Are,” “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” and “The Snowy Day” changed the art form and have stood the test of time.
Watch the film, then Join us for an informal Q & A with Yuyi - we'll have some questions from the moderator(s) and then open it up to the floor. Have you ever wanted to know the creative process of a multi award-winning author/illustrator? What medium she works in or prefers? How she got her start in the industry? Her tips for new illustrators and/or author/Illustrators? Here's your chance to ask!
If you're unable to watch the screening before the Q & A, no problem! Just join us for the discussion with Yuyi. You have one week from April 5 - 12 to watch the film.
Watch the STORY & PICTURES BY trailer here!
WHEN
Watch the movie anytime between April 5, 12:01 am. to April 12, 11:59 pm.
Special virtual Q&A with Yuyi Morales April 5, 1:00pm
WHERE
Virtual (link will be provided after registration)
PRICE
Members: $20
Non-Members: $25
REGISTRATION INFO
Click the Register for Event button at the top of the page. Register by April 4, and receive the screening link and password. You can view the film as many times as you want from April 5, 12:01 am. to April 12 - 11:59 pm. Our screening license is for 100 participants max. So, register early!
You have 30 days from April 5 to watch the recorded Q & A with Yuyi Morales.
This event is non-refundable.
QUESTIONS?
Contact co-Assistant Regional Advisor Natasha Yim for more information: [email protected]
About Yuyi Morales
Yuyi Morales
Yuyi Morales was born in Xalapa, Mexico, the city of flowers and springs. After migrating to the US in 1994, she struggled with English and loneliness in a culture foreign to her but found solace in public libraries, where she read children's books with her son and discovered a renewed interest in stories and art. She is now the author and illustrator of many books for children, including the New York Times bestseller Dreamers, her most recent book, Bright Star, and she is a seven-time winner of the Pura Belpre Medal for an outstanding work of literature for children that best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience. Other honors include the Americas Award, the Golden Kite Medal, the Christopher Award, the Jane Adams Award, and the Tomas Rivera Award. In 2015 she received the Caldecott Honor for her book Viva Frida.