Which children's writer created the characters The Saucepan Man, Dame Washalot and Moonface?
"The Land of Secrets leaves. Lastly, Connie's third mistake is mistaking Dame Slap (or Snap) for Mrs Saucepan (Saucepan's mother, who is the cook at Dame Slap's school). In the end, they all have to join Dame Slap's school except Fanny and Bessie who have to help out in the kitchen because Mrs Saucepan quits when Saucepan arrives. They are all rescued by Saucepan who arrived earlier and was walking around with his mother. The Folk of the Faraway Tree The Folk of the Faraway Tree is a children's novel in ""The Faraway Tree"" series by Enid Blyton. It was"
"14, 2000, in Denmark. Leonard Weisgard Leonard Joseph Weisgard (December 13, 1916 – January 14, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 200 children's books. He is known best for his collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown. Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and spent most of his childhood in England. He studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York City. His first book, ""Suki the Siamese Pussy"", was published in 1937, and his first collaboration with Brown was two years later, ""The Noisy Book"". He won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book"
"Leonard Weisgard Leonard Joseph Weisgard (December 13, 1916 – January 14, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 200 children's books. He is known best for his collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown. Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and spent most of his childhood in England. He studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York City. His first book, ""Suki the Siamese Pussy"", was published in 1937, and his first collaboration with Brown was two years later, ""The Noisy Book"". He won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing ""The Little"
"the Beanstalk"" ""Little Red Riding Hood"" ""Robinson Crusoe"" ""Rumplestiltzkin"" ""The Sleeping Beauty"" ""A Letter to Santa Claus"" ""Lincoln's Secret Messenger"" ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"" ""Alice in Wonderland"" ""Hansel and Gretel"" ""The Magic Horn"" ""Many Moons"", based on the illustrated book of the same name written by James Thurber ""Rip Van Winkle"" ""The Emperor's New Clothes"" ""Tom Sawyer's Treasure Hunt"" ""Little Black Sambo"" Charlotte Chorpenning Charlotte B. Chorpenning (1873–1955) was a children's playwright. When she was 60 years old, after her husband died, she began writing plays for children. She was also the artistic director of the children's theatre at"
"Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett (; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (""The Maltese Falcon""), Nick and Nora Charles (""The Thin Man""), and the Continental Op (""Red Harvest"" and ""The Dain Curse""). Hammett ""is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time"". In his obituary in ""The New York Times"", he was described as ""the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction."" ""Time"" magazine included"
"Warwick Hutton Warwick Hutton (17 July 1939 – 28 September 1994) was an English painter, glass engraver, illustrator, and children's author. He is most widely known for elegant pen and ink and watercolor illustrations for children’s books. His subjects were Biblical, folk, and mythological stories which Hutton retold, such as ""Noah and the Great Flood"", ""The Nose Tree"", and ""Theseus and the Minotaur"". He also worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen (""The Tinderbox"") and with retellings of traditional stories by author Susan Cooper (""The Silver Cow"", ""The Selkie Girl"", ""Tam Lin""). The ""Nose Tree"" and ""Jonah and the Big"
"Jan Ormerod Jan Ormerod (23 September 1946 – 23 January 2013), born Janet Louise Hendry, was an Australian illustrator of children's books. She first came to prominence from her wordless picture book ""Sunshine"" which won the 1982 Mother Goose Award. Her work was noted for its ability to remove clutter to tell a simple story that young children could enjoy, employing flat colours and clean lines. She produced work for more than 50 books throughout her career, including publications by other authors, such as a 1987 edition of J. M. Barrie's ""Peter Pan"" and David Lloyd's retelling of ""The Frog"
"two children have caught measles as well (p. 88). The first, bound edition appeared from Brockhampton Press in 1969. The same illustrations were used for a Dutch translation. The second English edition in 1977 came from Hodder in hardback and paperback, and the third was a paperback from the Hamlyn series Beaver Books in 1980, with illustrations by John Spiers. The Snowball (children's novel) The Snowball (first published 1969) is a fantasy novel for children by the English writer Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982), who is best known for her Carbonel series. The two main characters are Tom Tickle, aged eight, and"
"From 1941 to 1946, Montgomery was a writer for Dick Tracy. He worked as a creative writing teacher 1955–57 and as a scriptwriter for Walt Disney Studios 1958–1962. Pulse-quickening stories of the fearless young airman, Stan Wilson. According to the Library of Congress catalog, all nine books were 204 to 216-page, published by Grosset & Dunlap from 1941 to 1946. The first six were illustrated by Paul Laune, the last three by Clayton Knight. Rutherford George Montgomery Rutherford George Montgomery (April 12, 1894 – July 3, 1985) was an American writer of children's books. In addition to his given name,"
"brief spell behind the lines. John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels ""The Midnight Folk"" and ""The Box of Delights"", and the poems ""The Everlasting Mercy"" and ""Sea-Fever"". Masefield was born in Ledbury in Herefordshire, to Caroline and George Masefield, a solicitor. His mother died giving birth to his sister when Masefield was only six, and he went to live with his aunt. His father died soon"
"John Masefield John Edward Masefield (; 1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and writer and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until 1967. Among his best known works are the children's novels ""The Midnight Folk"" and ""The Box of Delights"", and the poems ""The Everlasting Mercy"" and ""Sea-Fever"". Masefield was born in Ledbury in Herefordshire, to Caroline and George Masefield, a solicitor. His mother died giving birth to his sister when Masefield was only six, and he went to live with his aunt. His father died soon after following a mental breakdown."
"May Gibbs Cecilia May Gibbs MBE (17 January 1877 – 27 November 1969), publishing under the name May Gibbs, was an English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist. She is best known for her gumnut babies (also known as ""bush babies"" or ""bush fairies""), and the book ""Snugglepot and Cuddlepie"". Gibbs was born in Sydenham, Kent, in the United Kingdom, to Herbert William Gibbs (1852 – 4 October 1940) and Cecilia Gibbs, née Rogers (c. 1851 – 26 March 1941), who were both talented artists. She was their second child, and as she was named after her mother, had the"
"Leslie McFarlane Charles Leslie McFarlane (October 25, 1902 in Carleton Place, Ontario – September 6, 1977 in Oshawa, Ontario) was a Canadian journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker, who is most famous for ghostwriting many of the early books in the very successful ""Hardy Boys"" series, using the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. The son of a school principal, McFarlane was raised in the town of Haileybury, Ontario. He became a freelance writer shortly after high school. He and his family moved to Whitby, Ontario, in 1936. This period is described in his 1975 book ""A Kid in Haileybury"". As a young"
"Struwwelpeter Der Struwwelpeter (""shock-headed Peter"" or ""Shaggy Peter"") is an 1845 German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way. The title of the first story provides the title of the whole book. ""Der Struwwelpeter"" is one of the earliest books for children that combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, and is considered a precursor to comic books. ""Der Struwwelpeter"" is known for introducing the bogeyman character of the Tailor, or Scissorman, to Western"
"Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"" (1958) and the true crime novel ""In Cold Blood"" (1966), which he labeled a ""nonfiction novel"". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from his work. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as"
"failure. American actor James Newman is her great-nephew. Elisabeth Beresford Elisabeth ""Liza"" Beresford, MBE (; 6 August 1926 – 24 December 2010) was a British author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a family with many literary connections, she worked as a journalist but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the late 1960s. The strong theme of recycling was particularly notable, and the Wombles became very popular with children across the world. While Beresford produced many other literary works, the Wombles remained her best-known creation. Beresford was born on 6 August 1926"
"Joss Whedon Joseph Hill Whedon (; born June 23, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, comic book writer, and composer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series, including ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"" (1997–2003), ""Angel"" (1999–2004), ""Firefly"" (2002), ""Dollhouse"" (2009–10), and ""Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."" (2013–present). Whedon co-wrote the Pixar animated film ""Toy Story"" (1995), wrote and directed the ""Firefly"" film continuation ""Serenity"" (2005), co-wrote and directed the Internet miniseries ""Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"" (2008), and co-wrote and produced the horror comedy film ""The"
"Grace Duffie Boylan Grace Duffie Boylan (February 9, 1861 - March 24, 1935) was an American writer. She wrote many children’s books, often dealing with diverse races and cultures, like ""Uncle Tom’s Cabin"" (not to be confounded with the same title by Harriet Beecher Stowe). Other titles include: ""Young Folks"", ""Our Little Eskimo Kiddies: Kids of Many Colors"", ""Yama Yama Land"", and ""Our Little Cuban Kiddies"". Her ""Thy Son Liveth: Messages From A Soldier To His Mother"" appeared in 1918 anonymously. It is her account (the following editions were published under her name) of what her son communicated to her"
"Sid Fleischman Albert Sidney Fleischman (March 16, 1920 – March 17, 2010), or Sid Fleischman, was an American author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history. He won the Newbery Medal in 1987 for ""The Whipping Boy"" and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in 1979 for ""Humbug Mountain"". For his career contribution as a children's writer he was U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1994. In 2003, the Society"
"artistic influence. Dan DeCarlo Daniel S. DeCarlo (December 12, 1919 – December 18, 2001) was an American cartoonist best known as the artist who developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style up until his death. As well, he is the generally recognized co-creator of the characters Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats (with the lead character named for his wife), and Cheryl Blossom. Dan DeCarlo was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of a gardener. He attended"
"Tulane"" movie. 20th Century Fox has hired Martin Hynes to write a script based on the book, ""The Magician's Elephant"". Kate DiCamillo Katrina Elizabeth ""Kate"" DiCamillo (born March 25, 1964) is an American writer of children's fiction for all reading levels, usually featuring animals. She is one of six people to win two Newbery Medals, recognizing her novels ""The Tale of Despereaux"" (2003) and ""Flora & Ulysses"" (2013). Her best-known books for young children are the Mercy Watson series, illustrated by Chris Van Dusen. DiCamillo was the U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, appointed by the Library of Congress"
"Wallace Tripp Wallace Whitney Tripp (June 26, 1940 – September 9, 2018) was an American illustrator, anthologist and author. He was known for creating anthropomorphic animal characters of emotional complexity and for his great visual and verbal humor. He was one of several illustrators of the ""Amelia Bedelia"" series of children's stories. He has illustrated over 40 books, including ""Marguerite, Go Wash Your Feet"" (1985), ""Wallace Tripp's Wurst Seller"" (1981), ""Casey at the Bat"" (1978) and ""A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me"" (1973). Tripp also drew many greeting cards for the Pawprints line."
"Dan DeCarlo Daniel S. DeCarlo (December 12, 1919 – December 18, 2001) was an American cartoonist best known as the artist who developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style up until his death. As well, he is the generally recognized co-creator of the characters Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats (with the lead character named for his wife), and Cheryl Blossom. Dan DeCarlo was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of a gardener. He attended New Rochelle"
"lists, including: Weathercraft Weathercraft is a 2010 graphic novel by American cartoonist Jim Woodring, featuring his best-known characters Frank, Manhog and Whim. While Frank stars in most of Woodring's stories set in the fictional universe of the Unifactor, this book stars Manhog, with Frank making only a brief appearance. Manhog, after trials and tribulations, sets out on a transformative journey, returning to face off against the devilish Whim, who has enslaved and transformed his friends. Like all other stories set in the Unifactor, ""Weathercraft"" unfolds entirely in pictures, with no dialogue balloons or captions. ""Weathercraft"" was Woodring's first book-length work."
"in 2005 in one volume as ""The Risen Empire."" Scott Westerfeld Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the ""Uglies"" and the ""Leviathan"" series. Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child he moved to Connecticut for his father Lloyd's job as a computer programmer. He saw his dad working with planes, submarines, and the Apollo missions. Westerfeld graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1985. He began composing music as a teenager and composes music for modern dance. In 2001, Westerfeld"
"and ""Habanera de Ferdinand"" make up the Ferdinand-inspired suite. These works were recorded in 2008 by the Michigan Philharmonic. Munro Leaf Wilbur Monroe Leaf ( Munro Leaf) (December 4, 1905 – December 21, 1976) was an American author of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for ""The Story of Ferdinand"" (1936), a children's classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour. Labeled as subversive, it stirred an international controversy. Munroe Wilbur Leaf was born on 4 December 1905, the son of Charles W"
"Generation"" ""My Friend the Swallow"" ""My Friend Sashie"" ""My Friends the Misses Kindness"" ""My Friends George and Tom"" Autobiography: ""Letter from Reachfar"" Children's books: ""Camerons on the Train"" ""Camerons on the Hills"" ""Camerons at the Castle"" ""Camerons Calling"" ""Camerons Ahoy!"" ""Herself and Janet Reachfar"" (originally published as ""Brave Janet Reachfar"") ""Janet Reachfar and the Kelpie"" ""Brave Janet Reachfar"" (reissued as ""Herself and Janet Reachfar"") ""Janet Reachfar and Chickabird"" As Janet Sandison ""Jean in the Morning"" ""Jean at Noon"" ""Jean in the Twilight"" ""Jean Towards Another Day"" Jane Duncan Jane Duncan (10 March 1910 – 20 October 1976) was the pseudonym"
"Geraldine McCaughrean Geraldine McCaughrean ( ; born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including ""Peter Pan in Scarlet"" (2004), the official sequel to ""Peter Pan"" commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, the holder of Peter Pan's copyright. Her work has been translated into 44 languages worldwide. She has received the Carnegie Medal twice and the Michael L. Printz Award among others. McCaughrean was born in London and grew up in North London. She was the youngest of three children. She studied teaching but found her true vocation in writing. She claims"
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"Challenge"" (1960), and ""The Writing on the Hearth"" (1973). At least three were re-titled again in the 1980s. Cynthia Harnett Cynthia Harnett (22 June 1893 – 25 October 1981) was an English author and illustrator, mainly of children's books. She is best known for six historical novels that feature ordinary teenage children involved in events of national significance, four of them in the 15th century. They are characterised by meticulous background research and vivid evocation of history. For one of them, ""The Wool-Pack"" (1951), she won the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by"
"had initially written it for her youngest child Edith, who has followed her mother's footsteps and is a popular children's author. Other works include the well known ""Twenty Days,"" an account of Lincoln's assassination and the twenty days that followed, which she wrote with her son, Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr.; ""Tiny Animal Stories""; ""The Telephone Book""; ""Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather""; ""Brave Mr. Buckingham""; ""Junket is Nice"" (1933); ""Wise Old Aard-Vark"" (1936); and ""Now Open the Box"". Dorothy Kunhardt Dorothy Kunhardt (née Dorothy Meserve; September 29, 1901 – December 23, 1979) was an American children's-book author, best known for the baby book"
"Charles Beaumont Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres. He is remembered as a writer of classic ""Twilight Zone"" episodes, such as ""The Howling Man"", ""Miniature"", ""Printer's Devil"", and ""Number Twelve Looks Just Like You"", but also penned the screenplays for several films, among them ""7 Faces of Dr. Lao"", ""The Intruder"", and ""The Masque of the Red Death"". Novelist Dean Koontz has said, ""Charles Beaumont was one of ""the"" seminal influences on writers of the fantastic and macabre."" Beaumont is"
"Weathercraft Weathercraft is a 2010 graphic novel by American cartoonist Jim Woodring, featuring his best-known characters Frank, Manhog and Whim. While Frank stars in most of Woodring's stories set in the fictional universe of the Unifactor, this book stars Manhog, with Frank making only a brief appearance. Manhog, after trials and tribulations, sets out on a transformative journey, returning to face off against the devilish Whim, who has enslaved and transformed his friends. Like all other stories set in the Unifactor, ""Weathercraft"" unfolds entirely in pictures, with no dialogue balloons or captions. ""Weathercraft"" was Woodring's first book-length work. ""Weathercraft"" was"