Helen Stone was born October 31, 1904 in Englewood, New Jersey. She attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts and the Art Students League, and later studied in Paris. After spending time teaching and doing some designing and commercial art, she began illustrating books, and in 1944 she illustrated her first book for children. During the next two decades she illustrated a number of books for children, written by a variety of authors. She believed in giving full scope to design and color, and in enlivening her illustrations with a sense of humor and beauty. She usually worked in three colors and black, but also used separations. She received two Caldecott Honor Book citations, for All Around the Town (1948) and The Most Wonderful Doll in the World (1950).
Biographical Sources: Illustrators of Children's Books: 1946-1956, p. 185 Illustrators of Children's Books: 1957-1966, p. 181, Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honor Book Citations 2nd ed. pp. 409-410
From the guide to the Helen Stone Papers, 1945-1951, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])
