From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog:The World of Clement, Edith

and Thacher Hurd

January 21-March 19, 2005

A Resource Guide for Educators

Ways to use this Educator’s Guide:• Give students a preview of the exhibition before their visit.

• Make curriculum connections in your lesson plans.• Give copies to chaperones for use during the visit.

KALAMAZOO INSTITUTE OF ARTS314 S. Park St.

Kalamazoo, MI 49007269/349-7775, www.kiarts.org

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Big Ideas to Think About!

Observing, discussing and interpreting contemporary works of art instructs ourunderstanding of our society and culture.

Looking at art objects increases visual literacy and the ability to articulate meaning.

Children’s book illustrations are often a child’s first art experience. They can introduce basicart elements (color, shape, line, texture) and principles (composition, form, etc.)

Book illustrations tell stories through imagery and symbols.

Looking at book illustrations teaches about sequencing and story development.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

From Goodnight to Art Dog:The World of Clement, Edith

and Thacher Hurd

Preparing for your Museum Visit...............................................................................................pg. 1

How to Be a Great Chaperone...................................................................................................pg. 2

From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog: The Exhibition................................................................pg. 3

Featured Books..........................................................................................................................pg. 4

Artist Biographies......................................................................................................................pg. 5

Pre and Post Visit Activities...................................................................................................pgs. 6-9

Resources..........................................................................................................................pgs. 10-11

Goodnight Moon Coloring sheet.............................................................................................pg. 12

PREPARING FOR YOUR MUSEUM VISITWe look forward to welcoming your group to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts for From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog.Please read the following information in preparation for your visit. As the galleries will be crowded with visitors, weask that all schools follow these guidelines to ensure a smooth and successful museum experience.

NAME TAGS Nametags are encouraged as it allows the docents to call each student by name. Use large, bold letteringfor each nametag.

CHAPERONES One adult is required for every small group. Please share the enclosed How to be a Great Chaperonehandout with your chaperones. We ask that you discourage parent chaperones from bringing toddlers and small children. It isoften distracting and makes it harder for them to assist when needed.

PRE-VISIT PREPARATION A successful museum visit starts well before the students board the bus. Please take thetime to review the Museum Manners with your students. The information and activities in this packet will also prepare yourstudents well for their visit. This type of advance preparation helps students be less distracted by the novelty of a new environ-ment. They will also feel more secure when they know what to expect and what will be expected of them.

ARRIVAL Please arrive at the South St. entrance at least five minutes before the tour is to begin. Please have studentsorganized into the proper number of tour groups, as specified in the tour confirmation. A docent or KIA staff member willmeet your group at the door and escort them into the museum. Each group will be assigned a docent and dismissed into thegalleries.

LATE ARRIVALS Please call the KIA receptionist at 269/349-7775 if you will be late. As groups may be scheduledback to back, a late arrival will shorten your visit. Docents wait no more than 20 minutes for late arrivals. After that time, wereserve the right to cancel or shorten your tour.

COATS AND BACKPACKS Coats, backpacks, umbrellas, etc. are not permitted in the galleries. We suggest groupsleave these items on the bus, weather permitting.

TRANSPORTATION All groups must arrange their own transportation. The confirmation contains directions andinformation on parking.

PHOTOGRAPHY Photography is not permitted in the galleries.

GALLERY SHOP The KIA Gallery Shop is not included as a part of the visit experience. Please discourge studentsfrom bringing money.

MUSEUM MANNERSHow museum rules help protect the art.

• Do not touch any of the art because it is fragile and the oils on your fingertips (even if your hands look clean)will make the work of art dirty. If everyone touched, the art would be ruined, and no one would be able toenjoy it. We want it to last as long as possible.• Please walk in the museum. We do not want you or the art to get hurt.• Use quiet voices during your tour; other people are trying to enjoy their visit too.• Stay with your group. Be ready to look carefully and think about what you see. Your docent will ask you toshare your ideas about the works of art.• Gum, food and drinks are not allowed in the galleries because spills could damage the works of art.• Please do not lean on walls/cases as you might lean into a work of art or mark the walls.

HOW TO BE A GREAT CHAPERONE!To be a great chaperone, you don’t need any special knowledge–just common sense and a willingness to jump in andget involved. Here are a few tips to help make your visit successful:

• Introduce yourself to your group and your museum docent (tour guide).

• Stay with your group during the tour and assist as requested by your docent.

• Understand and help remind students of the KIA’s Museum Manners (see below).

Classes tour the museum in small groups of 10-15 students. Each group is led by a museumdocent, a specially trained volunteer tour guide. Docents use questions and discussion toencourage students to look at and think about selected works of art during the tour. As toursmove through the museum, chaperones help keep their group together. They remindstudents of their Museum Manners if needed and are good role models during the tour.Chaperones are ready to help the docent if asked.

Thanks for being part of your group’s guided tour. Your participation will help make yourschool’s visit to the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts fun and educational. We invite you andyour family to visit the KIA again!

MUSEUM MANNERS• Do not touch any of the art because it is fragile and the oils on your fingertips(even if your hands look clean) will make the work of art dirty. If everyone touched,the art would be ruined, and no one would be able to enjoy it. We want it to last aslong as possible.

• Please walk in the museum. We do not want you or the art to get hurt.

• Use quiet voices during your tour; other people are trying to enjoy their visit too.

• Stay with your group. Be ready to look carefully and think about what you see. Your docent will ask you to share your ideas about the works of art.

• Gum, food and drinks are not allowed in the galleries because spills could damagethe works of art.

• Please do not lean on walls/cases as you might lean into a work of art or mark thewalls.

THE EXHIBITION

FROM GOODNIGHT MOON TO ART DOG:THE WORLD OF CLEMENT, EDITH AND THACHER HURD

“Children’s books should be for children, and not for the coffee tables of educators or librarians...”–Thacher Hurd

For more than 60 years, the name Hurd has figured prominently on children’s bookshelves all acrossAmerica and increasingly, around the world. Artist Clement, author Edith and writer and illustra-tor Thacher Hurd have brought warmth, security, understanding and zany fun to book time andbedtime for generations of children.

In more than 100 books that look at the world through the eyes of rabbits, mice, starfish and otherrambunctious young protagonists, the Hurds capture the magic of everyday life and the reality offantasy worlds, worlds that for children happily coexist.

From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog explores the craft of children’s literature through the work of theHurd family. It provides a glimpse into the life and works of two generations of artists whose bookshave profoundly influenced the field of children’s literature and includes both a rich array of artwork(more than 70 original works) and a variety of interactive opportunities for children and adultsalike.

The work of each Hurd offers a unique glimpse into the world of children’s literature. Edith, asophisticated writer, thoroughly researched her topics before crafting her text, including interview-ing firefighters for a collaboration with Margaret Wise Brown called Five Little Firemen (1948).Clement’s use of composition, perspective and color, influenced by his work with the Frenchmodernist painter Leger, lent theatricality to many of his illustrations, while at the same timereflecting a warm connection with his subjects and their environment. Hurd worked in a variety ofmedia including ink, crayon, pencil, woodblock and linoleum prints and much of his later workreflects Asian influences.

Thacher’s books are brightly colored and highly animated, with images and words creating a riotousworld of noise and motion. He has begun experimenting with computer illustration and his worksexhibit a 21st century artistic sensibility. Many of his illustrations reflect urban life and the soundsand images of the city.

Together, the Hurds’ body of work provides a remarkable history of the evolution of children’sbooks in America. Their works continue to be bestsellers. Goodnight Moon has never been out ofprint. The Johnny Lion series has just recently been reprinted in the I Can Read series. Many of theHurd’s Books have been selected as prize winning or honor books by the Boston Globe-Horn Book,and Thacher’s works (Mama Don’t Allow, Mystery on the Docks) have been selected for inclusionon PBS’ Reading Rainbow.

These are books loved by critics and children alike. And it is for children that Clement, Edith andThacher have perfected their craft.

Special Interactive Exhibition Features:Goodnight Moon Reading area with Great Green Room mural, books, and rocking chairRunaway Bunny Dress-up spaceDrive Art Dog’s Brushmobile!Ralph’s Diner from Mystery on the Docks complete with play food, cooking utensils andopera playing in the backgroundReading Rainbow video of Thacher Hurd’s Mama Don’t Allow

FEATURED BOOKSWritten by Margaret Wise Brown with illustrations by Clement Hurd

Goodnight Moon (1949)A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room before falling asleep.

Runaway Bunny (1942)A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

Written by Edith Hurd with illustrations by Clement Hurd

Come and Have Fun (1962)The cat tries to entice the mouse out of his house. When he does come out, the cat chases him, but cannotfollow the mouse back into his house.

Johnny Lion’s Book (1965, 2001)When his parents go out hunting, Johnny Lion stays home and experiences exciting adventures reading abook about a baby lion who goes out into the world and gets lost.

The Day the Sun Danced (1965)

Written by Edith and Thacher Hurd with illustrations by Clement Hurd

Little Dog, Dreaming (1967)A little city dog dreams of sunny summers in the country until his dreams come true.

Written and illustrated by Thacher Hurd

Art Dog (1996)When the Mona Woofa is stolen from the Dogopolis Museum of Art, a mysterious character who callshimself Art Dog tracks down and captures the theives.

Little Mouse’s Birthday Cake (1992)Disappointed that his friends seem to have forgotten his birthday, Little Mouse goes skiing by himself.

Mama Don’t Allow: Starring Miles and the Swamp Band (1984)Miles and the Swamp Band have the time of their lives playing at the Alligator Ball, until they discoverthe menu includes Swamp Band soup.

Mystery on the Docks (1983)Ralph, a short order cook, rescues a kidnapped opera singer from Big Al and his gang of nasty rats.

The Pea Patch Jig (1986)Despite being picked with the lettuce and almost ending up in a salad, Baby Mouse refuses to stay out ofFarmer Clem’s garden.

Tomato Soup (1992)When Baby Mouse catches a cold, she finds a mischievous way to avoid taking her medicine.

Written by Gertrude Stein with illustrations by Clement Hurd

The World is RoundRose wonders who she is, asking herself if she would still be Rose if her name were not Rose, and goes on ajourney in search of herself.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIESCLEMENT AND EDITH HURD

Artist/illustrator Clement (1908-1988) and author Edith (1910-1997) Hurd married in 1939 andcollaborated on more than 50 books from 1940 to 1985. Son of a New York mortgage banker,Clement seemed destined to join his father’s firm when, in the spring of 1931, he announced hisplan to become an artist. He sailed for France that summer and the next two years proved a life-changing experience. In Paris, he absorbed the modernist painters’ revolutionary approaches tocomposition and color, and immersed himself in French culture. Returning to New York when his

money ran out, he was freelancing as a decorative artist when Margaret Wise Brown first saw his paintings and suggested that he try hishand as a children’s book illustrator.

His engaging semi-abstract style became world-famous with the publication of Runaway Bunny (1942) and Goodnight Moon (1947)–collaborations with Brown that became two of the 20th century’s most well-known children’s books. It was also at this time that hemarried another talented picture-book writer and friend of Brown’s named Edith Thacher.

Over the next forty-five years, the Hurds–Clem and Posey, as everyone called them–became one of best known author/artist teams,collaborating on dozens of projects, including such picture-book favorites as Come and Have Fun (1962), Johnny Lion’s Book (1965),The Day the Sun Danced (1966) and Wilson’s World (1971). The couple settled in Vermont, where their son, Thacher, was born in1949. Their quiet farm, called “Peaceable Kingdom” was first their home and then their summer retreat after they relocated to the SanFrancisco area in the mid-1950s.

Clement and Edith’s son Thacher began his career in fine art before becoming interested inauthoring and illustrating children’s books. Thacher’s artistic style is exuberant, characterized bylarge bursts of color and busy details. His entertaining stories engage a wide range of topics, fromthe rhythm of jazz music in Mama Don’t Allow (1982) to alien abduction in Moo Cow Kaboom(2003). His most popular titles include Art Dog (1997), about a super-hero canine museumsecurity guard, and Zoom City (1998), in which dogs hurtle through city streets in high-poweredautomobilies.

Thacher Hurd didn’t grow up thinking he would follow in his parents’ illustrious footsteps. Inrecent interview, he stated, “I wanted to be a baseball player, then a rock ‘n’ roll star. Then, in

college, I wanted to be a fine artist...I was completely obsessed by Vermeer. But I was completely bored. Finally I figured out that Iwanted to be an illustrator, but nobody sent me anything to illustrate. So I decided I’d better write, too.”

Writing and illustrating children’s books isn’t Thacher Hurd’s only work. He and his wife, Olivia, founded Peaceable Kingdom Press,a 17-year old company that sells posters, cards, wrapping paper and calendars based on children’s books. Hurd readily acknowledgeshow much he absorbed from his parents about writing and illustrating for children. He remembers working with his father, “He wouldgive me my own paints and paper and I would sit on the floor and paint...He was an extraordinary teacher, for he never gave me thesense that he was teaching me at all”.

THACHER HURD

Best known as the author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, Margaret Wise Brown(1910-1952) most enjoyed writing stories and poems for very young children. During a brief butbrilliant and multi-faceted career, she completed more than one hundred picture books and helpeddevelop the board book.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in middle-class comfort on suburban Long Island, Brownwas a keen observer of nature. To her childhood friends she was known as the neighborhood

storyteller, good at concocting tall tales. In the mid-1930s, she enrolled in graduate courses at one of America’s most vibrant centers ofearly childhood development research, New York’s Bank Street College of Education. At Bank Street, Brown observed children,listened to the stories and poems they told, and found her vocation. The core of the Bank Street philsophy was the belief that childrenshould be made full partners in learning. Brown applied this idea in her writing by working in simple, game-like forms and structuresthat the young might readily grasp and make their own.

MARGARET WISE BROWN

PRE- AND POST-VISIT ACTIVITIES

Michigan Curriculum Standards and BenchmarksEnglish Language Arts

Content Standard 5: Read and analyze a wide variety of classic and contemporary literature.Content Standard 7: Demonstrate, analyze and reflect upon skills, processes used to communicate.Content Standard 12: Develop and apply personal, shared and academic criteria for the enjoyment, appreciationand evaluation of their own and others’ texts.

Visual ArtsContent Standard 2: Apply skills and knowledge to create in the arts.Content Standard 3: Analyze, describe and evaluate works of art.Content Standard 4: Understand, analyze and describe the arts in their historical, social and cultural contexts.Content Standard 5: Recognize, analyze and describe connections among the arts; between the arts and otherdisciplines; between the arts and everyday life.

The Runaway Bunny, Written by Margaret Wise Brown, Illustrated by Clement HurdThis classic story has reassured countless young children that even when they feel like running away, theirmothers will always be nearby. Themes: Family, Relationships, Animals

Listening/WritingRead the story aloud. Have the children listen carefully. Choose from the following activities:• Let each child tell which part of the story he/she liked best.• Challenge students to think of additional ways the bunny might try to run away. How will the motherrespond?• Have the students write why they think the mother is so determined to stay with the little bunny nomatter where he goes.• Read the story Peter Rabbit and compare and contrast the two stories by themes/main ideas.

Art• Pictorial Story Map-have the students draw a story map that illustrates each part of the story.• Have the students illustrate their idea of other ways the bunny could run away. Put all the illustrationstogether in a book.• My Bunny Book-Have students write down words that describe rabbits on pieces of paper cut into bunnyshapes. Each student can compile 4 bunnies into their own book.• Runaway Bunny picture

8 1/2” x 11” light blue construction paper, brown, black and white construction papercircle templates, ear templates, cotton balls, glue, markers/crayonsHave students trace one circle (approximately 3 1/2 in. in diameter) in either brown, black or whitepaper , glue in the lower half of the paper (vertical orientation). Trace two ears and glue above thecircle. This is your Runaway Bunny. Glue 1-2 cotton balls on as a tail and add grass or some sortof background.

Goodnight Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown, Illustrated by Clement HurdThis story uses repetition and color changes to enhance a timeless bedtime ritual. Themes: Family, Home,Rituals

Educators: The following activities are only suggestions which should be modified to best fit yourstudents ’ needs and abilities .

Listening/Writing• Read the book aloud.• Have the students talk or write about their own special bedtime rituals. What objects do they have in theirrooms?• Look closely at the illustrations and discuss all the elements that repeat in the colored illustrations of theGreat Green room. What stays the same in each picture and what changes (i.e. location of the mouse,changes in the moon)?• Talk about sequencing and how the story progresses through the illustrations alone, looking at lighting andchanges in color. Have the students storymap the sequence of events.

Art• Have the students create their own room in a shoebox diorama. Students should select one vivid color forthe background. Add different elements with cut paper and collage and have the students illustrate theirown room and bedtime rituals.• Talk about how the artist uses color to evoke the impending darkness in the story to show that the bunnyis falling asleep. Discuss how the artist uses outlines to delineate objects as the room gets darker. Usingconstruction paper, white and colored chalks, have students draw scenes from either the book, their ownbedroom or their own imagination. Then lay a piece of colored cellophane over the drawing, choosing thecomplementary color of the construction paper (ex. Red construction paper/Green cellophane, Yellow/Purple, Orange/Blue, etc.).• Discuss the color wheel and talk about the artist’s use of complimentary colors, which are opposite eachother on the color wheel. How does the choice of color affect the mood? Where do we see complimentarycolors in everyday life? Make an abstract picture using only complimentary colors.• Recreate Goodnight Moon for the new millenium. Have students draw a bedroom with items found inchildren’s rooms today: TVs, Nintendo, skate boards, etc. You can use this activity to teach baseline andsimple perspective. Students will choose one or two items in their illustations to wish “goodnight”. Compilethe pages into a class book. With luck and careful arranging of pages, you might achieve the rhythm of theoriginal book.

Art Dog, Written and Illustrated by Thacher HurdThis book plays on vivid adaptations of classical art masterpieces making it a wonderful vehicle for a basic arthistory lesson. Themes: superheroes, parodies, hidden identities.

Observation• Using examples in the book, compare and contrast the Dogopolis Museum paintings with the originals.

La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat Self-Portrait by Vincent van GoghLes Desmoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso Starry Night by Vincent van GoghThe Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough Girl with a Pearl Earring by Jan VermeerAmerican Gothic by Grant Wood

•Talk about what a parody is and have the students find other parodies of these same paintings. Thenhave the students create a parody of their favorite painting.• Art Dog’s ‘City Rhapsody’ is based on the famous painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh whichfeatures a busy, colorful sky over a quiet French town. Select other famous paintings of cityscapes to sharewith the class. Some ideas: La Grand Jatte by Seurat, cityscapes by Monet, paintings by Chicago artistRoger Brown, scenes of New York by Georgia O’Keeffe or John Marin. Discuss their special qualitiesincluding: what types of colors are used, texture or brushstrokes, types of lines (curvy, straight, jagged, etc.),composition. Ask the students to create a ‘City Rhapsody’ in the style of their chosen artist. Select the artmaterial most appropriate for the assignment (crayons, pastels, markers, paint, collage, etc.). Group thefinished artworks together for a class exhibition.• Have students create and draw their own superhero and write about their superpowers and how they helpthe world.

Pea Patch Jig, Written and illustrated by Thacher HurdThis book is comprised of three short stories: A Head of Lettuce, the Big Tomato, and A Mess of Peas. Themes:Exploration, Mischief and its consequences, Gardens/Vegetables.

Reading and ContrastingStudents will read/listen to The Big Tomato and the classic Peter Rabbit. Ask students to compare andcontrast and then illustrate a memorable scene from each, using paper, pencils, crayons or markers.

ScienceEach child will grow a seed (pea or lima bean) and chart its growth.Interview classmates and make a graph to plot each student’s favorite vegetable.

Art/NutritionDo stamp printing with produce. Slice fruits and vegetables in half. Press into a small amount of paint in ashallow plate and then press onto paper. When the images are dry, cut the shapes out and assemble ontopaper plates as healthy meals. Experiment! Try using green peppers, carrots, potatoes, apples, etc.

Mama Don’t Allow: Miles and the Swamp Band, Written and illustrated by Thacher HurdThis funny, jazzy story is inspired by the traditional American song of the same name. Themes: Jazz, Louisiana,Animals, Southern geography and the environment.

Music/MovementUsing a recording of the song, act out the lyrics. Make up some additional lyrics. As a class, research theorigins of jazz music. Play some examples of jazz and bring in musical instruments for them to see.

Geography/Current EventsThis book is a great introduction into the culture, animals and music of Louisiana. A good opportunity formap reading and talking about current events (hurricanes).

Writing/NutritionHave the class create a recipe for Swamp Band Soup. Students bring in ingredients to make the soup andenjoy as a class.

Mystery on the Docks, Written and illustrated by Thacher HurdThis story has inspired a children’s opera. Themes: Opera, ordinary people doing heroic deeds.

MusicDiscuss with students about what opera is, listen to an example of an opera like Mozart’s The Magic Flute.Research the story (libretto) and composer of the chosen opera. Look up and learn opera vocabulary-Opera,Mezzo Soprano, Soprano, Tenor, Chorus, Bass, Conductor, Director, Composer, Aria, Recitative, Harmony,Libretto. Talk about how operas tell stories through words and music while books tell stories through wordsand art.

WritingHave students design and write a menu for their own diner. Bring in recipes and make some of them for aclassroom party.Talk about heroes and have the students write about a time when they did something heroic.

Other Activities

Art DetectiveLook at any of the illustrations without the accompanying words and before reading the book. Discuss howthe artist can tell the story using only images. What are the most important parts of the picture? Who isthe main character? How do you know? What are the clues to the story that the artist provides?

Art Critic/WriterPretend you are a TV or newspaper reporter doing a story on the exhibition or the author/artist ThacherHurd. Include information about the artist and the exhibition. Include interviews with other studentsabout what they thought about the exhibit.

Write a descriptive label about your favorite work of art in the exhibition. You may want to look at thebook to help. Include artist, title, date, media, description of the work and what you think other viewersshould notice when they look at it.

RESOURCES

Books by Thacher HurdLittle Dog, Dreaming (co-authored with mother, Edith Hurd, illustrated by Clement Hurd), Harper Collins,1965.The Old Chair, Greenwillow, 1978.The Quiet Evening, Greenwillow, 1978, reissued 1992.Hobo Dog, Scholastic Book Services, 1980.Mystery on the Docks, Harper, 1983.Mama Don’t Allow, Harper, 1984.Hobo Dog in the Ghost Town, Scholastic Inc., 1985.Pea Patch Jig, Crown Publishers, 1986; published with audio cassette, Random House/McGraw Hill Publishers,1988; re-issued HarperCollins, 1995.A Night in the Swamp (pop-up book), Harper, 1987.Little Mouse’s Big Valentine, Harper, 1990.Little Mouse’s Birthday Cake, HarperCollins, 1992.Watercolor for the Artistically Undiscovered (co-authored with John Cassidy), 1992Art Dog, HarperCollins, 1996.Zoom City (board book), HarperCollins, 1998.Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer, HarperCollins, 1998.Cat’s Pajamas (board book), HarperCollins, 2002Moo Cow Kaboom!, HarperCollins, 2003Sleepy Cadillac: A Bedtime Drive, HarperCollins, 2005.

Thacher Hurd Adaptations• Mystery on the Docks and Mama Don’t Allow were adapted for televistion and broadcast on Reading Rainbow,Public Broadcasting Service (PBS-TV), 1984• Mama Don’t Allow was also broadcast on CBS Storybreak, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS-TV),1986; was adapted for video, Random House, 1988; and was adapted for a children’s opera, Muskrat Lullaby, per-formed by the Los Angeles City Opera, October 6, 1989.• Art Dog was adapted into a filmstrip by Live Oak Media in 1999.• A narration and musical performance of Mama Don’t Allow by Tom Chapin won a Grammy Award in 2001 for“Best Spoken Word Album for Children”• Mystery on the Docks was adapted for a children’s opera of the same name, written by Edward Barnes and per-formed by Opera Columbus, Columbus, OH. www.edwbarnes.com, For a score and recording contact: MMBMusic, Inc.; 3526 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103-1019; (314) 531-9635

Books by Edith Hurd with illustrations by Clement HurdBenny the Bulldozer, 1947.Blue Heron Tree, 1968.Come and Have Fun, 1962.The Day the Sun Danced, 1965.Fox in a Box, 1957.Johnny Lion’s Book, 1965, 2001.Johnny Lion’s Bad Day, 1970, 2001.Johnny Lion’s Rubber Boots, 1972, 2001.Look For a Bird, 1977.World is Not Flat: A Square Companion Volume to the Round Edition of The World is Not Round, by GertrudeStein, 1986.

For more titles by Edith Hurd, check out the Library of Congress website, www.catalog.loc.gov

Books by Margaret Wise BrownGoodnight Moon, 1949Runaway Bunny, 1942

For more titles by Margaret Wise Brown, www.catalog.loc.gov

Other Websiteswww.margaretwisebrown.comwww.thacherhurd.comwww.leonardmarcus.comwww.harperchildrens.comwww.btd-island.comwww.operapaedia.orgwww.clevelandopera.org.tour/educationalwww.sdopera.com/education/in_the_classroom.html

Related BooksCianciolo, Patricia J. Illustrations in Children’s Books, 1976.

Dalby, Richard. The Golden Age of Children’s Book Illustrations, 1991.

Johnson, Paul. Making Books: Over 30 Practical Book Making Projects for Children, 2000.

Marcus, Leonard. The Making of Goodnight MoonAwakened by the Moon

Martin, Rodney. Making of a Picture Book, 1989.

Opitz, Michael F. Getting the Most from Predictable Books: Strategies and Activities with More than 75 FavoriteChildren’s Books, 1995.

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