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"I was a really strange little kid. I was born terrified of anything and everything that moved or spoke.... All people... I was afraid of the stars and the wind. Who knows why?"
Shy and timid as she may have been of most things, as a little girl, there were two activities in which Trina Schart Hyman was fearless and without peer: drawing and make-believe. Her skill and sense of adventure have broadened and deepened as the years have gone by, and she has become one of the best known and loved illustrators of children's books. From such classics as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Peter Pan to contemporary books like Star Mother's Youngest Child and How Does It Feel to Be Old, she continues to hold audiences spellbound.
In this book the artist tells of her earliest creative efforts—"living the part" of Little Red Riding Hood in her backyard; making a "real" fairy for her little sister and her more recent ones, as a mother, as art director for "Cricket" magazine, and as the teller, in pictures and words, of enchanting tales.
Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman is the third in a series of first-person picture books by distinguished illustrators.
Other titles in series:
Self-Portrait: Eric Blegvad
Self-Portrait: Margot Zemach
Not sure these were ever published (not likely):
Garth Williams?
Wally Tripp (confirmed no)
Barbara Cooney (confirmed no)
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