Zallinger, Jean.

American illustrator born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1918. Has done illustrations for Life magazine and Collier's Encyclopedia.

From the description of Jean Day Zallinger papers, 1971-1986. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 37969730

Jean Day Zallinger was born in Boston in 1918. She attend the Massachusetts College of Art and the Yale School of Fine Arts from which she received her B.F.A. She has worked as a freelance illustrator and portrait painter from the late 1930s-early 1940s. She has illustrated over 75 books and has gained renown for her penciled renderings of animals. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 115, p. 219-222.

From the description of Jean Day Zallinger Papers 1965-1969. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 430839394

Jean Day Zallinger is a professor, designer, artist and illustrator of books for children. Awards include Junior Library Guild Award (1965, 1993), Western Writers Spur Award and International Board on Books award (1967, 1968), Outstanding Science Trade Book of the National Assn. of Science Teachers/Children's Book Council (6 times), the Library of Congress Children's Literary Center notable book (1990), and the Massachusetts College of Art istinguished Alumnus Award (1992).

From the description of Papers, 1965-1969. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63292045

American illustrator born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1918. She has done illustrations for Life magazine, Collier's Encyclopedia, and numerous children's books.

From the description of Jean Day Zallinger papers, 1969-1994. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 44502629

Jean Day Zallinger was born in February 1918, in Boston, Mass . She attended the Massachusetts College of Art and received a B.F.A. from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1942. She married Rudolph Franz Zallinger (also an artist) in 1941. She spent most of her career living in North Haven, Connecticut, and teaching at the Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut . Mrs. Zallinger has illustrated numerous children's books, mainly non-fictional works about animals and plants, including such titles as Biography of a Leaf, Discovering What Earthworms Do, The Earliest Americans, and Sea Creatures Do Amazing Things.

Illustrator Alligators and Crocodiles , undated . Jean C. George , The Moon of the Owls , Crowell , 1967 . Seymour Simon , Discovering What Earthworms Do , McGraw-Hill , 1969 . Lee Ford , Water Boatman's Journey , Seabury Press , 1969 . Ross E. Hutchins , The Mayfly , Addison-Wesley , 1970 . Burke Davis , Biography of a Leaf , Putnam , 1972 . Lisbeth Zappler , Natural History of the Tail , Doubleday , 1972 . Francine Jacobs , Sea Turtles , Morrow , 1972 . Mary Adrian , Secret Neigbors , Holiday House , 1972 . Alice L. Hopf , Biography of an Armadillo , Putnam , 1975 . Herbert H. Wong , My Snail , Addison-Wesley , 1976 . Gladys P. Conklin , I Watch Flies , Holiday House , 1977 . Francine Jacobs , Sounds in the Sea , Morrow , 1977 . Herbert S. Zim , Little Cats , Morrow , 1978 . Herbert S. Zim , Your Skin , Morrow , 1979 . Alice L. Hopf , Biography of a Komodo Dragon , Putnam , 1981 . Arthur Myers , Sea Creatures Do Amazing Things , Random House , 1981 . Caroline Arnold , Sex Hormones: Why Males and Females are Different , Morrow , 1981 . Helen R. Sattler , Baby Dinosaurs , Lothrop, Lee & Shepard , 1984 . Daniel Cohen , Dinosaurs , Doubleday , 1986 . Helen R. Sattler , Sharks, the Super Fish , Lothrop, Lee & Shepard , 1986 . Helen R. Sattler , Whales, The Nomads of the Sea , Lothrop, Lee & Shepard , 1987 . Helen R. Sattler , The Book of Eagles , Lothrop, Lee & Shepard , 1989 . Rita G. Gelman , Monsters of the Sea , Brown , 1990 . Myra C. Livingston , Poems for Brothers and Sisters , Holiday House , 1991 . Helen R. Sattler , The Earliest Americans , Houghton-Mifflin , 1993 . Helen R. Sattler , The Book of North American Owls , Clarion Books , 1994 .

From the guide to the Jean Day Zallinger Papers., undated, 1969-1994., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center .)

Jean Day Zallinger was born in Boston in 1918. She attend the Massachusetts College of Art and the Yale School of Fine Arts from which she received her B.F.A. She has worked as a freelance illustrator and portrait painter from the late 1930s-early 1940s. She has illustrated over 75 books and has gained renown for her penciled renderings of animals.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 115, p. 219-222.

From the guide to the Jean Day Zallinger Papers, 1965-1969, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])