Oh!! I had two of the Frances books when I was a kid. Then in college I read Riddley Walker. Some time later, I found a carton of children's books that my mother had saved, and I was astounded to discover that the guy who wrote Riddley Walker had written Frances too. I was also intrigued to find that the two Frances books I knew were actually illustrated by two different people (a fact lost on my four-year-old self): Lillian Hoban, who I suppose must be Russell's wife... and Garth Williams, who illustrated my edition of Laura Ingalls' autobiographical series.
Speaking of autobiographical children's books, I made an equally fascinating discovery recently, concerning Robert McCloskey's books Blueberries For Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Time of Wonder. I had Blueberries For Sal as a kid, but I wasn't familiar with the other two. When I decided to read them, I realized that these three books are a series, albeit with three different illustrators, depicting three summers in the lives of McCloskey's own daughters.
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Date: 2008-04-23 10:51 pm (UTC)I had two of the Frances books when I was a kid.
Then in college I read Riddley Walker. Some time later, I found a carton of children's books that my mother had saved, and I was astounded to discover that the guy who wrote Riddley Walker had written Frances too. I was also intrigued to find that the two Frances books I knew were actually illustrated by two different people (a fact lost on my four-year-old self): Lillian Hoban, who I suppose must be Russell's wife... and Garth Williams, who illustrated my edition of Laura Ingalls' autobiographical series.
Speaking of autobiographical children's books, I made an equally fascinating discovery recently, concerning Robert McCloskey's books Blueberries For Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Time of Wonder. I had Blueberries For Sal as a kid, but I wasn't familiar with the other two. When I decided to read them, I realized that these three books are a series, albeit with three different illustrators, depicting three summers in the lives of McCloskey's own daughters.