Trina Schart Hyman (April 8, 1939 – November 19, 2004) was an

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of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including

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and

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s. She won the 1985

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for U.S.

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illustration, recognizing ''

Saint George and the Dragon In a legend, Saint Georgea soldier venerated in Christianitydefeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers. When they ran out of livestock and trinkets for the dragon, they started giving up a human tr ...

'', retold by

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Biography

Born in

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to Margaret Doris Bruck and Albert H. Schart, she grew up in

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and learned to read and draw at an early age. Her favorite story as a child was ''

Little Red Riding Hood "Little Red Riding Hood" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a sly wolf. Its origins can be traced back to several pre-17th century European folk tales. The two best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brother ...

'', and she spent an entire year of her childhood wearing a red cape. She enrolled at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art (now part of the University of the Arts) in 1956, but moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1959 after marrying Harris Hyman, a mathematician and engineer. She graduated from

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, in 1960. The couple then moved to

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, for two years, where Trina studied at the Konstfackskolan (Swedish State Art School) and illustrated her first children's book, titled ''Toffe och den lilla bilen'' (''Toffe and the Little Car''). In 1963, the couple's daughter, Katrin Tchana (''née'' Hyman), was born, but in 1968, they divorced, and Trina and Katrin moved to

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. Trina lived for some time with children's writer and editor Barbara Rogasky (with whom she collaborated on several projects). For about the last decade of her life, her romantic partner was teacher Jean K. Aull. She was the first

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of ''

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'' Magazine, from 1973 to 1979, and contributed illustrations regularly until her death. Many of her illustrations can be quite complex. For example, in one scene in ''Saint George and the Dragon'', the dragon's tail stretches into the border artwork of the next page.

Awards and honors

Hyman won the annual

from the

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, recognizing the year's best-illustrated U.S. children's

, for ''

'', published by

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in 1984.

wrote the text, retelling

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's version of the Saint George legend. She also won the

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for picture books, recognizing ''King Stork'' (Little, Brown, 1973), text by

Howard Pyle Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy. In 1894, he began ...

(1853–1911).She won the

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for her illustration of ''Little Red Riding Hood'' in 1984. She received three Caldecott Honors, for her own retelling of ''Little Red Riding Hood'' in 1984, ''

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins ''Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins'' is a children's picture book written by Eric Kimmel and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman in 1989. It features the Jewish folk hero and trickster figure Hershel of Ostropol challenging and defeating through gu ...

'' by

Eric Kimmel Eric A. Kimmel (born 1946) is an American author of more than 50 children's books. His works include Caldecott Honor Book '' Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins'' (illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman), Sydney Taylor Book Award winners ''The Chanukka ...

in 1990, and ''A Child's Calendar'' by

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in 2000. And she was a Boston Globe–Horn Book picture book runner-up twice, for ''All in Free but Janey'' by Elizabeth Johnson in 1968 and ''On to Widecombe Fair'' by Patricia Gauch in 1978. ''The Golem'' by Barbara Rogasky and illustrated by Hyman won the 1997

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'', 1969. * (Reteller) '' The Sleeping Beauty'', from the

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, 1977. * '' A Little Alphabet'', 1980. * '' Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman'', 1981. * (Reteller) ''

'', from the

, 1983. * '' The Enchanted Forest'', 1984.

As illustrator

* Hertha von Gebhardt, ''Toffe och den lilla bilen'' (

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, 1961) – as Trina Schart, Swedish-language edition of ''Toffi und das kleine Auto'' (Toffi and the Tiny Auto), The Library of Congress notes one title-page credit as Trina Schart in a copyright-1970 book (''All Kinds of Signs'', not in its collection, ). Among 133 catalog records, earliest publication year 1964, it shows two credits as Trina S. Hyman, five as Trina Hyman, none as Trina Schart. * Laurence Rittenhouse, ''God Created Me'' (Boston: United Church Press, 1963) – as Trina Schart Hyman, * Carl Memling, '' Riddles, Riddles, from A to Z'', 1963. * Melanie Bellah, '' Bow Wow! Meow!'', 1963. * Sandol S. Warburg, '' Curl Up Small'', 1964. * Edna Butler Trickey, '' Billy Finds Out'', 1964. *

Eileen O'Faolain Eileen O'Faolain (10 June 1900 – 20 September 1988) was an Irish writer of children's books. Early life and family Eileen O'Faolain was born Eileen Gould at 5 Lee Rd, Cork on 10 June 1900. Her parents were Joseph Gould, engineman, and Julia ( ...

, '' Children of the Salmon'', 1965. * '' All Kinds of Signs'', 1965. *

Ruth Sawyer Ruth Sawyer (August 5, 1880 – June 3, 1970) was an American people, American storyteller and a writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. She may be best known as the author of ''Roller Skates'', which won the 1937 Newbery Medal ...

, '' Joy to the World: Christmas Legends'', 1966. * Joyce Varney, '' The Magic Maker'', 1966. *

Virginia Haviland Virginia Haviland (May 21, 1911 – January 6, 1988) was an American librarian and writer who became an international authority in children's literature. She chaired the prestigious Newbery-Caldecott Award Committee, traveled and wrote extensivel ...

, reteller, '' Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Czechoslovakia'', 1966. * Edna Butler Trickey, '' Billy Celebrates'', 1966. * Jacob D. Townsend, '' The Five Trials of the Pansy Bed'', 1967. * Elizabeth Johnson, '' Stuck with Luck'', 1967. * Josephine Poole, '' Moon Eyes'', 1967. * John T. Moore, '' Cinnamon Seed'', 1967. *

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, '' The Little Red Flower'', 1968. * Joyce Varney, '' The Half-Time Gypsy'', 1968. * Elizabeth Johnson, '' All in Free but Janey'', 1968. * Norah Smaridge, '' I Do My Best'', 1968. * Betty M. Owen and Mary MacEwen, editors, '' Wreath of Carols'', 1968. * Tom McGowen, '' Dragon Stew'', 1969. * Susan Meyers, '' The Cabin on the Fjord'', 1969. *

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, '' The Coming of Pout'', 1969. * Clyde R. Bulla, '' The Moon Singer'', 1969. * Ruth Nichols, '' A Walk Out of the World'', 1969. * Claudia Paley, '' Benjamin the True'', 1969. *

, '' The Vi-Daylin Book of Minnie the Mump'', 1970. * Donald J. Sobol, '' Greta the Strong'', 1970. * Blanche Luria Serwer, reteller, '' Let's Steal the Moon: Jewish Tales, Ancient and Recent'', 1970. *

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, '' The Walking Stones: A Story of Suspense'', 1970. * Tom McGowen, '' Sir Machinery'', 1970. *

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, '' The Shy Little Girl'', 1970. * '' The Pumpkin Giant'', retold by Ellin Greene, 1970. * Wylly Folk St. John, '' The Ghost Next Door'', 1971. * Osmond Molarsky, '' The Bigger They Come'', 1971. * Osmond Molarsky, '' Take It or Leave It'', 1971. *

Carolyn Meyer Carolyn Meyer (born June 8, 1935) is an American author of novels for children and young adults. The typical genre for her work is historical fiction, one of her more popular projects being the ''Young Royals'' series, each novel of which tell ...

, '' The Bread Book: All about Bread and How to Make It'', 1971. * Elizabeth Johnson, '' Break a Magic Circle'', 1971. * Ellin Greene, reteller, '' Princess Rosetta and the Popcorn Man'', 1971. *

Eleanor Cameron Eleanor Frances (Butler) Cameron (March 23, 1912 – October 11, 1996) was a children's author and critic. She published 20 books in her lifetime, including '' The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet'' (1954) and its sequels, a collection of ...

, '' A Room Made of Windows'', 1971. *

Eleanor Clymer Eleanor Clymer (née Lowenton; January 7, 1906 – March 31, 2001), was an American children's author, best known for ''The Trolley Car Family'' (1947). She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1928 with a degree in Englis ...

, ''

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'', 1972. * Dori White, '' Sarah and Katie'', 1972. * Ruth Nichols, '' The Marrow of the World'', 1972. *

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, '' The Fairy Tale Life of Hans Christian Andersen'', 1972. *

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, '' Magic Heart'', 1972. *

, '' The Popular Girls Club'', 1972. * Paula Hendrich, '' Who Says So?'', 1972. * Myra Cohn Livingston, editor, '' Listen, Children, Listen: An Anthology of Poems for the Very Young'', 1972. *

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, '' The Bad Times of Irma Baumlein'', 1972. *

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, reteller, ''

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'', 1972. *

, ''King Stork'', 1973. *

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, '' The Ugly Duckling and Two Other Stories'', edited by Lillian Moore, 1973. * Phyllis La Farge, '' Joanna Runs Away'', 1973. * Ellin Greene, compiler, '' Clever Cooks: A Concoction of Stories, Recipes and Riddles'', 1973. *

, ''

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'', revised edition, 1973. *

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, '' The Wanderers'', 1973. * Eleanor G. Vance, '' The Everything Book'', 1974. *

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, '' Two Queens of Heaven: Aphrodite and Demeter'', 1974. * Dorothy S. Carter, editor, '' Greedy Mariani and Other Folktales of the Antilles'', 1974. *

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, '' Figgie Hobbin'', 1974. * Charlotte Herman, '' You've Come a Long Way, Sybil McIntosh: A Book of Manners and Grooming for Girls'', 1974. *

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and

Wilhelm Grimm Wilhelm Carl Grimm (also Karl; 24 February 178616 December 1859) was a German author and anthropologist, and the younger brother of Jacob Grimm, of the literary duo the Brothers Grimm. Life and work Wilhelm was born in February 1786 in Hanau, in ...

, ''

Snow White "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...

'', translated from the German by Paul Heins, 1974. *

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, '' Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?'', 1974. * March Wiesbauer, '' The Big Green Bean'', 1974. * Tobi Tobias, '' The Quitting Deal'', 1975. * Margaret Kimmel, '' Magic in the Mist'', 1975. * Jane Curry, '' The Watchers'', 1975. * Louise Moeri, '' Star Mother's Youngest Child'', 1975. *

, '' Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?'', 1976. * Daisy Wallace, editor, '' Witch Poems'', 1976. *

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, '' Among the Dolls'', 1976. * Tobi Tobias, '' Jane, Wishing'', 1977. * Spiridon Vangheli, '' Meet Guguze'', 1977. *

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, '' Six Impossible Things before Breakfast'', 1977. * Betsy Hearne, ''

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'', 1977. * Patricia Gauch, '' On to Widecombe Fair'', 1978. * Betsy Hearne, ''

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'', 1979. *

, '' How Does It Feel to Be Old?'', 1979. * Pamela Stearns, '' The Mechanical Doll'', 1979. * Barbara S. Hazen, '' Tight Times'', 1979. * Daisy Wallace, editor, '' Fairy Poems'', 1980. *

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, ''

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'', 1980. * Elizabeth G. Jones, editor, '' Ranger Rick's Holiday Book'', 1980. *

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, '' The Night Journey'', 1981. *

, ''

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'', 1981. *

and

, ''

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'', retold by Barbara Rogasky, 1982. * Margaret Mary Kimmel and Elizabeth Segel, '' For Reading Out Loud! A Guide to Sharing Books with Children'', 1983. * Mary Calhoun, ''Big Sixteen'', 1983. *

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, ''

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'', 1983. *

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, '' A Christmas Carol: In Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', 1983. * Myra Cohn Livingston, '' Christmas Poems'', 1984. * (With Hilary Knight and others) Pamela Espeland and Marilyn Waniek, '' The Cat Walked through the Casserole: And Other Poems for Children'', 1984. *

, ''

'', A Golden Legend Adapted from

's ''

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'', 1984. *

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, ''

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'', 1985. *

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, ''

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'', 1985. *

and

, '' The Water of Life'', retold by Barbara Rogasky, 1986. *

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, '' A Hidden Magic'', 1986. * Myra Cohn Livingston, compiler, '' Cat Poems'', 1987. *

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, ''

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'', 1988. *

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, ''

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'', adapted by

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, 1988. * (With

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and others)

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, compiler, '' Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems'', 1988. * ''

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'', retold by

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, 1989. *

, ''

'', 1989. *

, '' The Kitchen Knight: A Tale from King Arthur'', 1990. * (With

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and others) Ann Durell,

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, compilers,

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, writer, '' The Big Book for Peace'', 1990. * Barbara Rogasky, compiler and editor, '' Winter Poems'', 1991. *

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, '' The Fortune-Tellers'', 1992. * Marion Dane Bauer, '' Ghost Eye'', 1992. * Michael J. Rosen, '' Speak!: Children's Book Illustrators Brag about their Dogs'', 1993. *

Eric A. Kimmel Eric A. Kimmel (born 1946) is an American author of more than 50 children's books. His works include Caldecott Medal, Caldecott Honor Book ''Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins'' (illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman), Sydney Taylor Book Award winners ...

, reteller, ''

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'', 1994. *

, reteller, '' The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol'', 1995. * Barbara Rogasky, '' The Golem: A Version'', 1996. *

, adapter, ''

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'', 1996. * Angela Shelf Medearis, '' Haunts: Five Hair-Raising Tales'', 1996. *

, ''

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'', 1997. *

, '' A Child's Calendar'', 1999. * Katrin Tchana, reteller, '' The Serpent Slayer and Other Stories of Strong Women'', 2000. * Sherry Garland, '' Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam'', 2001. * Katrin Tchana, '' Sense Pass King: A Tale from Cameroon'', 2002. * Dean Whitlock, '' Sky Carver'', 2005 * Contributor of illustrations to

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s and ''

'' magazine. * Katrin Tchana, '' Changing Woman and Her Sisters: Goddesses from Around the World'', 2006.

Adaptations

* '' Dragon Stew'' was adapted as a filmstrip with record, BFA Educational Media, 1975. * '' Tight Times'' was filmed as a ''

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'' special,

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-TV, 1983. * ''

'' was adapted as a filmstrip with cassette,

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, 1984.

References

;Other sources * "Trina Schart Hyman", ''Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults'', 2nd ed., 8 vols. Gale Group, 2002
Biography of Hyman, with links to bibliography, and interview

Obituary
in ''

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External links

"Trina Schart Hyman papers, 1965-1981"
(papers at the University of Oregon) at Archives West (OrbisCascade.org) – with Historical Note, biographical
Child at heart galleryTrina Schart Hyman
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