Krauss Ruth:
The Happy Day
Illustrator: MarcSimont
Harpertrophy , 1989
Quality paperback, 36 pages
Size: 299x214 mm
ISBN: 9780064431910
ISBN-10: 0064431916
Ruth Krauss
Ruth Krauss (1901-1993), A Member Of The Experimental Writer's Laboratory At The Bank Street School In New York City In The 1940S, Imaginatively Used Humor And Invented Words To Create Some Of The Very First Books For Children That Highlighted A Child's Inner Life. She Collaborated With Some Of The Greatest Illustrators In Children's Literature, Including Maurice Sendak And Her Husband, Crockett Johnson. <Br>Marc Simont (1915- ) Was Born In Paris. When He Was 19, Mr. Simont Moved To America. His First Illustrations For A Children's Book Appeared In 1939. Since Then, He Has Illustrated Nearly A
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.
