Sharmat Marjorie Weinman, Weinman Rosalind:
Nate the Great and the Pillowcase
Illustrator: MarcSimont
Yearling Books , 1995
Quality paperback, 47 pages
Size: 195x136 mm
ISBN: 9780440410157
ISBN-10: 0440410150
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Born In Portland, Maine, In 1928, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Dreamed Of Becoming A Writer. Little Did She Know That She Would Be The Author Of More Than 70 Books For Children Of All Ages. Another Of Her Childhood Dreams, That Of Becoming A Detective, Has Also Been Realized In Her Most Popular Nate The Great Series, Begun In 1972. <Br>Many Of Sharmat's Books Have Been Literary Guild Selections And Chosen As Books Of The Year By The Library Of Congress. Several Have Been Made Into Films For Television, Including "Nate The Great Goes Undercover, "Winner Of The Los Angeles International Children's F
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.
