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Paul Galdone

4/5 ( ratings)

Born: June 01 1907

Died: 0606 11 19861986

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Paul Galdone was a children's literature author and illustrator. He was born in Budapest and he emigrated to the United States in 1921. He studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design. He served for the US Army during world War II.

He illustrated nearly all of Eve Titus' books including, Basil of Baker Street series which was translated to the screen in the animated Disney film, The Great Mouse Detective.

Galdone and Titus were nominated for Caldecott Medals for Anatole and Anatole and the Cat . The titles were later named Caldecott Honor books in 1971.

He died of a heart attack in Nyack, New York. He was posthumously awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contribution to children's literature. His retellings of classic tales like The Little Red Hen or Three Billy Goats Gruff have become staples.

Paul Galdone

4/5 ( ratings)

Born: June 01 1907

Died: 0606 11 19861986

Website: Go to Website

Paul Galdone was a children's literature author and illustrator. He was born in Budapest and he emigrated to the United States in 1921. He studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design. He served for the US Army during world War II.

He illustrated nearly all of Eve Titus' books including, Basil of Baker Street series which was translated to the screen in the animated Disney film, The Great Mouse Detective.

Galdone and Titus were nominated for Caldecott Medals for Anatole and Anatole and the Cat . The titles were later named Caldecott Honor books in 1971.

He died of a heart attack in Nyack, New York. He was posthumously awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contribution to children's literature. His retellings of classic tales like The Little Red Hen or Three Billy Goats Gruff have become staples.

Books from Paul Galdone

Anatole

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Basil of Baker Street

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Henny Penny

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The Tailypo

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Anatole and the Cat

The Teeny-Tiny Woman

3.7/5 ( ratings)

The Three Little Pigs Book & CD

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Space Cat

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Basil and the Pygmy Cats

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Basil and the Lost Colony

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Basil in Mexico

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Space Cat Visits Venus

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Anatole Over Paris

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Miss Pickerell and the Geiger Counter

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Space Cat Meets Mars

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Anatole and the Piano

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Space Cat and the Kittens

4.2/5 ( ratings)

The Mysterious Schoolmaster

3.9/5 ( ratings)

The Gingerbread Boy

3.8/5 ( ratings)