Biography – Page 6

Crockett Johnson: A Quiet Man

August 9, 2010Philip NelBiography, Children's Literature, Comics, Crockett Johnson, Ruth Krauss1943, Biography, Children's Literature, Comics, Crockett Johnson, Ruth Krauss4 Comments

A 1943 letter from Crockett Johnson. Asked about himself, he dodges the question.

Ruth Krauss, mind-reader?

August 6, 2010Philip NelAdvertising, Biography, Children's Literature, Ruth Krauss1954, Advertising, Biography, Children's Literature, Ruth Krauss1 Comment

Is it just me, or does “This is the lady who knows what children think — BEFORE THEY DO” sound like the tag line for a horror movie? Â You will be relieved to know that Ruth Krauss could not read children’s minds. But she was an excellent and sympathetic listener. In her earliest work, she

He Was a Teen-age Harold: Crockett Johnson’s High School Cartoons

August 5, 2010Philip NelBiography, Children's Literature, Comics, Crockett Johnson, Newtown High SchoolBiography, Children's Literature, Comics, Crockett Johnson, Education, Newtown High School

Two high-school cartoons by Crockett Johnson. Neither has been seen since the 1920s.