Eleanor Frances Butler Cameron in was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on March 23, 1912. She attended UCLA and the LA Art Center School for three years before marrying Ian Stuart Cameron, a printer, in 1934. Mrs. Cameron worked as a reference librarian for many years before beginning to write full time, and was fascinated by […]
Randolph Caldecott, born March 22nd, 1846, whose drawings show energy, humor, and mischief, is still upheld as the model for illustrators of children’s books. Caldecott, Greenaway, and Walter Crane ushered in the golden age of book illustration. Discouraged from art by his father, Caldecott became a banker, but colleagues often found sketches of dogs and […]