Lord Bette Bao:
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Illustrator: MarcSimont
Harpercollins , 1984
Hardcover, 176 pages
Size: 218x145 mm
ISBN: 9780060240042
ISBN-10: 0060240040
Bette Bao Lord
Bette Bao Lord Has Based This Story Largely On The Days When She Herself Was A Newcomer To America. She Is The Author Of "Spring Moon, " Nominated For The American Book Award For First Novel, And "Eighth Moon."
Marc Simont
Marc Simont Was Born In 1915 In Paris. His Parents Were From The Catalonia Region Of Spain, And His Childhood Was Spent In France, Spain, And The United States. Encouraged By His Father, Joseph Simont, An Artist And Staff Illustrator For The Magazine "L'Illustration, " Marc Simont Drew From A Young Age. Though He Later Attended Art School In Paris And New York, He Considers His Father To Have Been His Greatest Teacher. <P> When He Was Nineteen, Mr. Simont Settled In America Permanently, Determined To Support Himself As An Artist. His First Illustrations For A Children's Book Appeared In 1939.

