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When I Was Nine by James Stevenson (Greenwillow, 1986)
Stevenson writes and illustrates a slice-of-life story about his memorable summer in the 1930s. A charmer.
HarperCollinsChildrens.com highlights Stevenson’s titles.
Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw by Deborah Kogan Ray (Viking, 2008)
Captivated by drawing from the time she could hold a pencil, Gag honed her skills and although family tragedies waylaid her dreams for a time, eventually she went to art school and became the creator of one of the most beloved children’s books, Millions of Cats.
The Minnesota Historical Society offers biographical notes and additional resources on Gag at its Minnesota Author Biographies Project site.
The Year I Didn’t Go to School by Giselle Potter (Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2002)
What a year! Traveling around Italy with her family’s theater troupe when she was seven, Potter gives a first-person account of this magical time.
Puppeters of America can link you up with a guild, festival or event in the US and Canada.
Robert Fulton, inventorRobert Fulton: From Submarine to Steamboat by Steven Kroll, illustrated by Bill Farnsworth (Holiday House, 1999)
Fulton’s name is synonymous with steamboats. But first he was a sign painter, air-gun inventor and apprentice jeweler. Read all about his life and inventions in this picture book biography.
An article about Robert Fulton and the War of 1812 is posted at Casebook.org.
A Blue Butterfly: A Story About Claude Monet by Bijou Le Tord (Doubleday, 1995)
In the style of Monet’s work, Le Tord uses impressionistlike paintings to illustrate this snapshot of his later years.
View Monet images at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Museums, including one of the famous Water Lilies paintings.
When Everyone Wore a Hat by William Steig (Joanna Colter Books, 2003)
In this picture book autobiography, Steig looked at the year he was eight, when the world was at war, and he had dreams for the future.
A cartoonist for the New Yorker, Steig was in his 60s when he began writing and illustrating children’s books. Stop by the Official Site of William Steig for articles on Steig, his books, reading guides and more.
