Interviews Caldecott-winning author-illustrator Simms Taback, known for his adaptation of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," at his home in New York State.
Discusses the life, career, and artistic context of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century American painter and illustrator Maxfield Parrish, and presents color reprints of eighty-five works by Parrish and other illustrators of his age.
Watercolor illustrations aid in describing the twenty-three months that Kate T. Williamson spent living with her parents in Pennsylvania after she graduated from Harvard and spent a year in Japan.
Biography of America's foremost illustrator of children's books, who crossed cultural boundaries in his works before multicultural themes became fashionable. Includes reproductions of his art.
