{"id":1030,"date":"2014-09-27T11:27:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T16:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/?p=1030"},"modified":"2014-09-27T13:45:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T18:45:01","slug":"bonsall-crosby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/bonsall-crosby\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonsall, Crosby"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"ae_table alignright\" style=\"width: auto; height: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ph_crosb.jpg\" alt=\"ph_crosb\" width=\"140\" height=\"192\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bk_dumb.jpg\" alt=\"bk_dumb\" width=\"120\" height=\"186\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bk_piggl.jpg\" alt=\"bk_piggl\" width=\"120\" height=\"171\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/bk_stan.jpg\" alt=\"bk_stan\" width=\"120\" height=\"186\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Crosby Bonsall was born on January 2nd in 1921 in Long Island.<\/strong> She studied at New York University School of Architecture and the American School of Design. She had a passion for designing even as a young child. Her children&#8217;s literature career started as a doodle on her drawing board. A doll manufacturer bought the rights to her orange-haired, freckle-faced rag doll who later became a character in her first book, <em>The Surprise Party<\/em>. A spokesperson for HarperCollins described her as follows, &#8220;Ms. Bonsall&#8217;s deceptively simple style conceals a wealth of artistry, skillful characterization, suspense and humor rarely found in children&#8217;s books\u2014the drawings, as delightful as the text, are an extra dividend.&#8221; Some of her titles include <em>The Case of the Scaredy Cats, The Day I Had to Play With My Sister<\/em>, and <em>Piggle<\/em>. Bonsall died in 1995.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ae-byline\">\u2014 Karen Ritz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crosby Bonsall was born on January 2nd in 1921 in Long Island. She studied at New York University School of Architecture and the American School of Design. She had a passion for designing even as a young child. Her children&#8217;s literature career started as a doodle on her drawing board. 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