Weisgard, Leonard, 1916-2000

Leonard Weisgard, Caldecott award-winning illustrator of more than 200 children's books was perhaps best known for his collaboration with the author Margaret Wise Brown. Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut but spent much of his early childhood in England, where his father originally came from. "Books", he once said in an interview, "have always, for as long as I can recall, been a source of real magic in this wildly confusing world."

From the description of Leonard Weisgard papers, undated, 1937-2000. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 776221501

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