Russell Hoban was the author of A Bargain for Frances, A Baby Sister for Frances, Best Friends for Frances, A Birthday for Frances, and Bread and Jam for Frances, all illustrated by Lillian Hoban. He also wrote Bedtime for Frances, illustrated by Garth Williams.
Garth Williams is the renowned illustrator of almost one hundred books for children, including the beloved Stuart Little by E. B. White, Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban, and the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
He was born in 1912 in New York City but raised in England. He founded an art school near London and served with the British Red Cross Civilian Defense during World War II. Williams worked as a portrait sculptor, art director, and magazine artist before doing his first book Stuart Little, thus beginning a long and lustrous career illustrating some of the best known children's books.
In addition to illustrating works by White and Wilder, he also illustrated George Selden's The Cricket in Times Square and its sequels (Farrar Straus Giroux). He created the character and pictures for the first book in the Frances series by Russell Hoban (HarperCollins) and the first books in the Miss Bianca series by Margery Sharp (Little, Brown). He collaborated with Margaret Wise Brown on her Little Golden Books titles Home for a Bunny and Little Fur Family, among others, and with Jack Prelutsky on two poetry collections published by Greenwillow: Ride a Purple Pelican and Beneath a Blue Umbrella. He also wrote and illustrated seven books on his own, including Baby Farm Animals (Little Golden Books) and The Rabbits' Wedding (HarperCollins).
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Happy Birthday to Garth Williams! Born on April 16, 1912. Bedtime For Frances * Russell Hoban * Garth Williams * Harper & Row * 1960 * Vintage Kids Book https://t.co/Uzlejah43H via @Etsy
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‘There is a tiger in my room,' said Frances. 'Did he bite you?' said father. 'No,' said Frances. 'Did he scratch you?' said mother. 'No,' said Frances. 'Then he is a friendly tiger,' said father. 'He will not hurt you. Go back to sleep.’ Russell Hoban - ‘Bedtime for Frances’
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My favorite father is Frances’s, especially in Russell Hoban’s Bedtime for Frances, perfectly illus by Garth Williams https://t.co/Prrb7uI4lq