Writer/illustrator Dorothy Marino, 98, in March (1960s "Buzzy Bear" series)

[Lenona]

Born in Oakland, Oregon, she attended University of Kansas and Art
Students League, New York City. She died in Norwalk, Connecticut.

http://www.tributes.com/show/Dorothy-Marino-91077732
(death notice)

http://soramimibunco.ciao.jp/books/wherethemother.html
(some pictures from "Where Are the Mothers?")

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B000R46ZVC/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books
(cover of "Company's Coming for Dinner")

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1024&bih=578&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=%22dorothy+marino%22+books&oq=%22dorothy+marino%22+books&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=7625l8218l0l2l2l0l0l0l0l132l201l1.1
(more covers)

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
All self-illustrated:

* Little Angela and Her Puppy, Lippincott, 1954.
* The Song of the Pine Tree Forest, Lippincott, 1955.
* That's My Favorite, Lippincott, 1956.
* Edward and the Boxes, Lippincott, 1957.
* Good-Bye Thunderstorm, Lippincott, 1958.
* Where Are the Mothers?, Lippincott, 1959.
* Fuzzy and Alfred, F. Watts, 1961.
* Good Night Georgie, Dial, 1961.
* Now That You Are Six, Association Press, 1963.
* Moving Day, Dial, 1963.

"Buzzy Bear" series, published by F. Watts; all self-illustrated:

* Buzzy Bear Goes South, 1961.
* Buzzy Bear and the Rainbow, 1962.
* Buzzy Bear in the Garden, 1963.
* Buzzy Bear Goes Camping, 1964.
* Buzzy Bear's Busy Day, 1965.
* Buzzy Bear's Winter Party, 1967.
* Buzzy Bear's First Day at School, 1970.

Illustrator:

* Nancy W. Smith, Ghostly Trio, Coward, 1954.
* Marie H. Bloch, Tony of the Ghost Towns, Coward, 1956.
* Helen D. Olds, Miss Hattie and the Monkey, Follett, 1958.
* Myra B. Brown, Company's Coming, F. Watts, 1959 (published in
England as We're Having a Party Tonight, Heinemann, 1961).
* Brown, First Night Away From Home, F. Watts, 1960.
* Brown, Benjy's Blanket, F. Watts, 1962.

She won the Helen Dean Fish Award for Little Angela and Her Puppy.

Lenona.