The big world and the little house : production material.

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The big world and the little house : production material.

1 original colored illustration, 1 original black & white illustration. "A family moves into a deserted and bare little house, improves it, and makes it a home."

Illustrations: 2 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7816182

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Krauss, Ruth.

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Ruth Krauss was born in 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended several universities and institutes. She received her bachelor's degree from the Parsons School of Fine and Applied Arts. In 1940, she married David Leisk (known as Crockett Johnson). From 1944 until 1979, Krauss published many children's works, some of which she illustrated herself. Other children's books were collaborations with her husband, usually employing Krauss's text and Johnson's illustrations. Krauss's career as a writer...

Simont, Marc

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Marc Simont was born November 23, 1915, in Paris, and first came to the United States in 1927. He studied art in New York and Paris in the 1930s. He served in the United States Army during WWII, and in 1945 married Sara Dalton, with whom she had 1 son. He has worked as an artist and illustrator since 1939, and has also written and translated children's books. He worked as an illustrator for 5 decades, including a number of series books for young readers. In 1950 he received a Caldecott Honor for...