Talk:James Stevenson

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This disambiguation page refers to "James Stevenson (illustrator)" but perhaps that should be "James Stevenson (author & illustrator)" if it is referring about the James Stevenson responsible for both the children's books (e.g. see: http://www.carolhurst.com/authors/jstevenson.html ) and for cartoons like:

* http://www.askart.com/AskART/S/james_stevenson/james_stevenson.aspx
* http://www.thecompletelawyer.com/volume2/issue1/article.php?pubid=5&deptid=16
* http://www.loganberrybooks.com/sig-prelutsky.jpg
* http://bigpicture.typepad.com/writing/2005/05/happy_birthday_.html
* http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/catalog/product.asp?cid=299&fid=22

I believe that these are all the same person, but I don't know if I can find enough to start a biograhpical page. Perhaps the carolhurst.com article gives a few clues for starting points.

I also managed to find this capsule bio (from: http://www.ebscobooks.com/books/ProductDetails.asp?CatalogID=6304466) which says:

"James Stevenson (American illustrator, cartoonist, author of children's books) Born 1929 in New York City, New York James Stevenson is an author, cartoonist, and illustrator of picture books. He attended Yale University, after which he joined the U.S. Navy. He is widely regarded for his contributions as a cartoonist and editor at The New Yorker. Stevenson developed his first picture book -- a collaboration with his 8-year-old son called IF I OWNED A CANDY FACTORY -- in 1968. Since then, he has created such works as WE HATE RAIN! and THAT DREADFUL DAY, both of which feature his alter ego, Grandpa. This character entertains his grandchildren, Louie and Mary Ann, with incredible tales from his childhood. Stevenson has also illustrated the works of such authors as Jack Prelutsky and Charlotte Zolotow. James Stevenson was honored with the Christopher Award in 1987."

Perhaps some editor could take this somewhere...

Karora 09:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC)