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Roy McKie
Roy McKie (usually spelled McKié; October 8, 1921 – January 8, 2015) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books, most notably under the Beginner Books imprint. He illustrated many books penned by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) under the pen name Theo. LeSieg ("Geisel" spelled backwards). Books illustrated by McKie (books he wrote himself are marked with *) include: * ''The Big Orange Book of Beginner Books'' by Dr. Seuss - 2015 (with Dr. Seuss, Scott Nash and Michael Frith) (his final work after his death) * ''The Big Purple Book of Beginner Books'' by Helen Palmer, P.D. and Peter Eastman and Michael Frith - 2012 (with P.D. and Peter Eastman) * ''Skiing'' by Henry Beard – 2002 * ''Sailing'' by Henry Beard – 2001 – dictionary of funny sailing terms * ''Computing'' by Henry Beard – 1999 * ''The Big Green Book of Beginner Books'' by Dr. Seuss - 1997 (with Quentin Blake, B. Tobey, George Booth, Michael J. Smollin and James Stevenson) * ''A Big Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writer
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as other reports and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' texts are published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such as graphics or illustration to enhance the commun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stevenson (illustrator)
James Stevenson (July 11, 1929 – February 17, 2017) was an American illustrator and author of over 100 children's books. His cartoons appeared regularly in ''The New Yorker'' magazine. He usually used a unique comic book style of illustration that is very recognizable. His books, like ''What's Under My Bed'', have been featured on the ''Reading Rainbow'' television series. Biography James Stevenson was born in New York City and educated at Yale University, where he was the feature editor of campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''. He contributed his first cartoon to ''The New Yorker'' on March 10, 1956.Stevenson, James (March 10, 1956). Cartoon. ''The New Yorker''. New York: Conde Nast. James Stevenson wrote and illustrated his first book ''Walker, the Witch, and the Striped Flying Saucer'' in 1969. He had previously illustrated the children's book ''If I Owned a Candy Factory'' (1968) written by his then eight-year-old son, James Walker Stevenson. Awards *''Could Be Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * 19 (film), ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * Nineteen (film), ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * 19 (Adele album), ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD (rapper), MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * XIX (EP), ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * 19 (song), "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee (Bad4Good album), Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * Nineteen (song), "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sullivan Bluth Studios
Don Bluth Entertainment (formerly Sullivan Bluth Studios) was an Irish-American animation studio established in 1979 by animator Don Bluth. Bluth and several colleagues, all of whom were former Disney animators, left Disney on September 13, 1979, to form Don Bluth Productions, later known as the Bluth Group. This studio produced the short film ''Banjo the Woodpile Cat'', the feature film ''The Secret of NIMH'', a brief animation sequence in the musical '' Xanadu'', and the video games ''Dragon's Lair'' and ''Space Ace''. Bluth then co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios with American businessman Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy and Morris Sullivan in 1985. The studio initially operated from an animation facility in Van Nuys, California, and negotiated with Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment to make the animated feature ''An American Tail''. During its production, Sullivan began to move the studio to Dublin, Ireland, to take advantage of government investment and incentives offered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Perkins (children's Author)
Al Perkins (1904–1975) was the writer of several children's books, including ''Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb'', '' The Digging-est Dog'', and ''The Ear Book''. He also wrote early titles in the Beginner Books and Bright and Early Books series. Bibliography * ''Don and Donna Go to Bat'' (Beginner Books, 1966) — illustrated by B. Tobey - His first work. * '' The Digging-est Dog'' (Beginner Books, 1967) — illustrated by Eric Gurney * ''Hugh Lofting's Travels of Doctor Dolittle'' (Beginner Books, 1967) — illustrated by Philip Wende * ''Meet Doctor Dolittle'' (Random House, 1967) - illustrated by Lean Jason * ''High Lofting's Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates'' (Beginner Books, 1968) — illustrated by Philip Wende * ''Ian Fleming's Story of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'' (Beginner Books, 1968) - illustrated by B. Tobey * '' Meet Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Wonderful Magical Car!'' (Random House, 1968) — illustrated by John Hanna * ''The Ear Book'' (Bright and Early Books/Bright a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topcraft
Topcraft (トップクラフト ''Toppukurafuto'', also written as "Top Craft") was an animation studio established on February 1, 1972 by former Toei Animation producer Toru Hara, and located in Tokyo, Japan. It was famous for the production of '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' and for doing animation for hand-drawn animation titles by Rankin/Bass Productions (New York City, USA). The studio went bankrupt and dissolved on June 15, 1985, essentially splitting the studio in half. Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata formed Studio Ghibli. Topcraft's founder, Toru Hara, became Studio Ghibli's first manager. Topcraft's animators later formed another studio, called Pacific Animation Corporation, to continue working with Rankin/Bass on television shows like '' ThunderCats'' and '' Silverhawks,'' but eventually joined Ghibli once Pacific Animation was bought out by The Walt Disney Company and became Walt Disney Animation Japan. Some animators, like Tsuguyuki Kubo, went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Holland
Marion Holland (July 17, 1908 – April 6, 1989) was an American children's book writer and illustrator from Washington, D.C. Her best-known books were ''A Big Ball of String''; ''No Children, No Pets''; ''Billy Had a System''; and ''The Secret Horse.'' ''A Big Ball of String'' (1958), which sold more than a million copies, was one of the six original Beginner Books published by Random House, along with ''The Cat in the Hat'' by Dr. Seuss. Personal life Born on July 17, 1908, in Washington, D.C., Holland graduated from Central High School and Swarthmore College. She had five children. Her first marriage, to Evaristo Murray, ended in divorce. They had a daughter, Barbara Holland, who also became a writer. Holland had four children with her second husband, Thomas W. Holland: Nicholas Holland, Judith Clarke, Rebecca Snyder, and Andrew Holland. Career Holland illustrated most of her books, often using her children as models. Her reminiscences about growing up in the Washington area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Booth (cartoonist)
George Booth (June 28, 1926 – November 1, 2022) was an American cartoonist who worked for ''The New Yorker'' magazine. His cartoons usually featured an older everyman, everywoman, or everycouple beset by modern complexity, perplexing each other, or interacting with cats and dogs. Life and career Born in Cainsville, Missouri, on June 28, 1926, Booth was the son of schoolteachers; his mother, Irma (née Swindle) Booth (1903–1989), was also a musician and fine artist and cartoonist, and his father, William Earl "Billy" Booth (1898–1982), became a school administrator in Fairfax, Missouri, where Booth grew up on a farm. Drafted into the United States Marine Corps in 1944, Booth was invited to re-enlist and join the Corps' ''Leatherneck'' magazine as a staff cartoonist; when re-drafted for the Korean War, he was ordered back to ''Leatherneck''. As a civilian, Booth moved to New York City where he struggled as an artist, married, then worked as an art director in the magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illustrator
An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicated concepts or objects that are difficult to describe textually, which is the reason illustrations are often found in children's books. Illustration is the art of making images that work with something and add to it without needing direct attention and without distracting from what they illustrate. The other thing is the focus of the attention, and the illustration's role is to add personality and character without competing with that other thing. Illustrations have been used in advertisements, architectural rendering, greeting cards, posters, books, graphic novels, storyboards, business, technical communications, magazines, shirts, video games, tutorials, and newspapers. A cartoon illustration can add humor to stories or essays. Tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quentin Blake
Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator he won the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. From 1999 to 2001, he was the inaugural British Children's Laureate. He is a patron of the Association of Illustrators. Early life Blake was born in 1932 in Sidcup, Kent, son of William and Evelyn Blake. His father was a civil servant, and his mother a housewife. Blake was evacuated to the West Country during the Second World War. He attended Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church of England Primary School and Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School, where his English teacher, J. H. Walsh, influenced his life's work. His artistic development during his school year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Beard
Henry Nichols Beard (born June 7, 1945) is an American humorist, one of the founders of the magazine '' National Lampoon'' and the author of several best-selling books. Life and career Beard, a great-grandson of 14th Vice President John C. Breckinridge, was born into a well-to-do family and grew up at the Westbury Hotel on East 69th Street in Manhattan. His relationship with his parents was cool, to judge by his quip "I never saw my mother up close." He attended the Taft School, where he was a leader at the humor magazine, and he decided to become a humor writer after reading ''Catch-22''. He then went to Harvard University (from which he graduated in 1967) and joined its humor magazine, the ''Harvard Lampoon'', which circulated nationally. Much of the credit for the Lampoon's success during the mid-1960s is given to Beard and Douglas Kenney, who was in the class a year after Beard's. In 1968, Beard and Kenney wrote the successful parody ''Bored of the Rings''. Henry and Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
