Naturally there are few children of my era that didn't love
Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit. |
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I would have to say that one of my all time favorite picture books
is The Tall Mother Goose by Fedor Rojankovsky
The illustrations are fantastic and the stories are truly classics! |
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| Much of my inspiration for Babushka's Mother Goose came from this wonderful childhood book as well as Grim's Fairy Tales ( in particular Fritz Kredel's version) and The Calico Jungle by D.Ipcar The end pages in both are so lush and filled with life! |
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Wanda Ga'g's Millions Of Cats
and The Funny Thing were very important
to me both as a mother and as a child. |
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The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
and Illustrated by Kurt Wiese is a wonderful tale. |
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And of course there's Horton Hatches The Egg
by Dr. Seuss. Of all of Dr. Seuss' books this one is such a
heart warming tale. I was once inspired me as a child to climb my grandpa's cherry tree and sit on the skinniest branch as Horton did! |
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| My greatest artistic hero is Norman Rockwell. I don't believe that any living illustrator did not at one time or another scrutinize and emulate his style and vision. |
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| An Image that has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember is a little book called For the Love of Mary Ellen. I love the illustrations and especially adore this book because this is my mother's name. |
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| My modern day heroes who are fine illustrators and writers include Jerry and Gloria Jean Pickney, Tommie De Paolo, Mitsumasa Anno, Bob San Souci and his brother Dan, Ruthy Heller, Alan Say, James Ransome, Pattie Mc Kissick, and Patricia Lee Gouch ( who also happens to be my editor ) Rafe Martin, Jane Yolen, Virginia Hamilton, Paul and Sid Fleischman, Lois Lowery, The Dillons, Jan Brett, and so many many more (please excuse me if I misspelled any names). |
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I love the classical artists as well and believe
that they have a great deal to teach any artist today. |
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