WorldCat record id: 62491436įrom the description of St. WorldCat record id: 62491435įrom the description of Wilson's world : production material. WorldCat record id: 62491427įrom the description of Willy's farm : production material. WorldCat record id: 62687156įrom the description of The little brass band : production material. WorldCat record id: 62403743Īmerican illustrator and author of children's books.įrom the description of Johnny Lion's rubber boots : production material.

Hurd died of Alzheimer's disease at a San Francisco hospital in 1988.American illustrator and author of children's books in 1984 Clement Hurd represented Margaret Wise Brown and her illustrators and editors as the recipients of the 1984 Kerlan Award.įrom the description of Papers, 1938-1984 (bulk 1938-1980). Hurd wrote and illustrated the book Run, Run, Run.

In 2007, the National Education Association named Goodnight Moon one of its 'Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children'. In 2012 it was ranked number four among the 'Top 100 Picture Books' in a survey published by School Library Journal. Hurd also illustrated over fifty books written by his wife Edith Thacher Hurd (a friend of Brown's) as well as a children's book written by Gertrude Stein, The World Is Round. Their next book, Goodnight Moon (1947), is considered classic children's literature in North America by 1990, the total number of copies sold was more than 4 million. She wrote a text herself, for what became Bumble Bugs and Elephants (1938) -'perhaps the first modern board book for babies.' Hurd's next collaboration with Brown, The Runaway Bunny, has been in print continuoulsy since its 1942 publication. On seeing two of his paintings, she asked him if he would consider illustrating children's books. Scott, as well as a writer of picture book texts. There Margaret Wise Brown was an editor at W. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, then studied architecture at Yale University and painting with Fernand Léger in Paris. Hurd returned to New York in 1933 to work as a commercial artist. Hurd was born in New York City to Richard Melancthon Hurd, an economist and mortgage banker, and Lucy Gazzam Hurd. He was educated at St. He is known for illustrations of children's picture books, especially collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942). Hurd (Janu– February 5, 1988) was an American artist.

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