Thursday, January 14, 2010

Authors 20 and 21: Lauren Thompson and Kay Thompson

Lauren Thompson has written a number of books ranging from How Many Cats and Polar Bear Night as shown here to Ballerina Dreams and the Little Quack series and Mouse's First Series. She spend part of her growing up years in the Netherlands with her family. She also worked as an editor for 18 years before turning to writing full-time in 2006.

We enjoyed both these books with counting cats and the adventures of a young polar bear as well as other books by Lauren Thompson. For more on Lauren Thompson, visit her website at: www.laurenthompson.net

The Eloise books are based in part on the the character created by Kay Thompson for the amusement of her friends and colleagues. Kay Thompson was a very well-known personality who danced, sang, composed, choreographed, and trained others in the Hollywood sphere. For more on Eloise visit the official website at: http://www.eloisewebsite.com/

The illustrator of the popular Eloise books, Mr.Hilary Knight, still draws and recently donated his collection of papers and illustrations spanning a career of over fifty years to the New York Public Library. Read more about Mr.Knight's artwork at his website: http://www.hilaryknight.com/

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