Ellen Raskin
Ellen Raskin, born 1928, was an avid reader from a young age. This love of reading would blossom as she grew into her careers as a writer, illustrator, and designer. She studied fine art at the University of Madison-Wisconsin and went on to work in a commercial art studio in New York . She soon became a successful freelancer who illustrated such work as The Saturday Evening Post and more than 1,000 book jackets and a dozen stories.
In 1966, Raskin created her own picture book. She soon began creating children's books exclusively, eventually winning Newbery Awards for two of her young adult novels. Her work is especially noted for its quirky humor and fun wordplay.
Raskin lived in Greenwich Village until her death in 1984.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Picture Books
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Nothing Ever Happens On My Block |
The World's Greatest Freak Show |
Silly Songs and Sad |
Franklin Stein |
Spectacles |
Moe Q. McClutch, He Smoked Too Much |
Ghost In A Four Room Apartment |
Who, Said Sue, Said Whoo? |
And It Rained |
Moose, Goose and Little Nobody |
| A & The, or, William T.C. Baumgarten
Comes to Town |
Twenty-two, Twenty-three |
Novels
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The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) |
The Tatooed Potato & Other Clues |
Figgs and Phantoms |
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