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Happy 80th, Robert E. Sargent! (Writer/illustrator: "A Bug of Some Importance," 1967)
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leno...@yahoo.com
Mar 26, 2013, 4:31:17 PM3/26/13
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He lives in Rutland, Vermont.
http://framemaster.tripod.com/sargent/index.html
(photo and brief bio)
http://framemaster.tripod.com/sargent/id4.html
(three illustrations)
He's been recorded by Leonard Bernstein, Burl Ives, and Captain Kangaroo.
Quotes:
"Robert E. Sargent is the author and illustrator of children's books and also an artist who has been widely collected since the 1950's by celebrities, and private collectors. Some of these collectors are Catarina Valente, John Steinbeck, Kaye Ballard, Perry Como, Eartha Kitt, Jane Powell, Paul Douglas, John Sterling, Nancy Walker, Ross Hunter, Jack Mapes, Hildegarde Kneff and many others."
"He is often called 'The New Hans Christian Andersen' in Denmark."
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
All self-illustrated:
* The Restless Rabbit, McGraw, 1966.
("The Restless Rabbit experiments with being a kangaroo who collects stones, but soon decides it's better to be a rabbit after all!")
* A Trick on a Lion, McGraw, 1966.
* The Alligator's Problem, Scribner, 1966.
* A Bug of Some Importance, Scribner, 1967.
("When a discontented bug is advised by his philosophical friend, the mouse, to stop feeling sorry for himself, he finds that he too has latent abilities as a flea.")
* The Small Seabird, Scribner, 1967.
("A small seabird who gets blown by a strong wind and becomes lost far from the sea, makes friends with some inland animals who would like to see the sea.")
* The Adventurous Moth, Simon & Schuster, 1968.
* Six Magical Folk Tales, Lancelot Press, 1968.
* Ten Fairy Tales, Simon & Schuster, 1968.
* Everything is Difficult at First, Scribner, 1968.
* (Adaptor) Peter and the Wolf, Lancelot Press, 1969.
* The Princess' Party, Putnam, 1969.
("An ordinary princess with an extraordinary voice brings a garden party to a sudden end.")
* What Is Beautiful?, Lancelot Press, 1969.
* The Hungry Elephant, Lancelot Press, 1969.
* Dogs Are Friends to Owls, and Cats Aren't, Lancelot Press, 1969.
Lenona.
http://framemaster.tripod.com/sargent/index.html
(photo and brief bio)
http://framemaster.tripod.com/sargent/id4.html
(three illustrations)
He's been recorded by Leonard Bernstein, Burl Ives, and Captain Kangaroo.
Quotes:
"Robert E. Sargent is the author and illustrator of children's books and also an artist who has been widely collected since the 1950's by celebrities, and private collectors. Some of these collectors are Catarina Valente, John Steinbeck, Kaye Ballard, Perry Como, Eartha Kitt, Jane Powell, Paul Douglas, John Sterling, Nancy Walker, Ross Hunter, Jack Mapes, Hildegarde Kneff and many others."
"He is often called 'The New Hans Christian Andersen' in Denmark."
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
All self-illustrated:
* The Restless Rabbit, McGraw, 1966.
("The Restless Rabbit experiments with being a kangaroo who collects stones, but soon decides it's better to be a rabbit after all!")
* A Trick on a Lion, McGraw, 1966.
* The Alligator's Problem, Scribner, 1966.
* A Bug of Some Importance, Scribner, 1967.
("When a discontented bug is advised by his philosophical friend, the mouse, to stop feeling sorry for himself, he finds that he too has latent abilities as a flea.")
* The Small Seabird, Scribner, 1967.
("A small seabird who gets blown by a strong wind and becomes lost far from the sea, makes friends with some inland animals who would like to see the sea.")
* The Adventurous Moth, Simon & Schuster, 1968.
* Six Magical Folk Tales, Lancelot Press, 1968.
* Ten Fairy Tales, Simon & Schuster, 1968.
* Everything is Difficult at First, Scribner, 1968.
* (Adaptor) Peter and the Wolf, Lancelot Press, 1969.
* The Princess' Party, Putnam, 1969.
("An ordinary princess with an extraordinary voice brings a garden party to a sudden end.")
* What Is Beautiful?, Lancelot Press, 1969.
* The Hungry Elephant, Lancelot Press, 1969.
* Dogs Are Friends to Owls, and Cats Aren't, Lancelot Press, 1969.
Lenona.
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