Ted Rand

Ted Rand
Rand entered the world on December 27, 1915, on Mercer Island, Washington.  His father worked as a superintendent of a reform school for boys, and his mother taught elementary education.  At an early age Rand loved to draw and found inspiration in the family Bible's illustrations.  After graduating from high school he found an advertising job with a department store.  Rand worked hard and saved diligently, so he had money to travel around the world for a year. 

That year proved eventful.  From 1938 through 1939, Rand saw a turn of events in Europe as World War II began.  When Hitler invaded Poland, Rand returned to the United States and later enlisted in the Naval Air Corps, serving as an aerial navigator.  On May 1, 1948, he married Gloria Kistler, an artist and future author.  As Gloria raised their two children, Rand formed Graphic Studios with several other men and painted award-winning portraits, magazine covers, and ads.  He also taught at the University of Washington, a profession lasting over twenty years.

As a free lance artist, Rand had shows for his work and produced paintings to hang in museum collections and private collections.  His portraits commemorate governors, business leaders, university presidents, and foreign heads of state.  However successful Rand had become, his life took a change of direction when he was 65 years old.  An editor convinced him to illustrate the book The Ghost-Eye Tree, and Rand found his next calling in life.  He turned down commissions for portraits and stopped his exhibitions so he could concentrate fully on illustrating children's books.

A prolific artist Rand went on to illustrate almost eighty books, with over a dozen of them written by Gloria.  This generous man helped the writing community with his encouragement and support.  Rand visited schools and bookstores and will be remembered for his water color artwork and his compassion toward people of all ages.  Cancer slowed him down, and at age 89 on March 15, 2005, Rand passed away.

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Bear That Heard Crying
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock & Helen Kinsey
from Puffin Books
Realistic Fiction for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.79
Big Book for Peace
by Lloyd Alexander, et. al
1st edition from Dutton Children's Books
for 1st-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Cabin Key
by Gloria Rand, illustrated by Ted Rand
from Harcourt, Brace & Company
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Homespun Sarah
by Verla Kay, illustrated by Ted Rand
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
If Not For the Cat
by Jack Prelutsky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 1st-5th grade
in Poetry for Children (Location: POET-CHIL)
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by Michael O. Tunnell, Ted Rand (Illustrator)
from Greenwillow Books
Word Books for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Mailing May
by Michael O. Tunnell, Ted Rand (Illustrator)
from Greenwillow Books
Word Books for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$5.20 (1 in stock)
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by Michael O. Tunnell, Ted Rand (Illustrator)
from HarperCollins
Word Books for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$6.79
Memory String
from Clarion Books
for 1st-4th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$3.20 (1 in stock)
My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson, illustrated by Ted Rand
from Scholastic Inc.
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Paul Revere's Ride
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
from Puffin Books
American Poetry for 2nd-6th grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$7.64
Sailing Home
by Gloria Rand, illustrated by Ted Rand
from North-South Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Up and Down on the Merry-Go-Round
by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Ted Rand
from Henry Holt and Company
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$2.40 (1 in stock)
Water's Way
by Lisa Westberg Peters
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)