1. Lillian Hoban was an American illustrator and children's writer best known for picture books created with her husband Russell Hoban.
28 Facts About Lillian Hoban
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Lillian Hoban born in Philadelphia and was the youngest of three sisters.
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Lillian Hoban was always interested in art and wanted to become an artist.
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Lillian Hoban won a scholarship to the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, where she majored in Illustration.
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Lillian Hoban danced professionally and did choreography on a musical show called Tropical Holiday that aired live on Saturday nights when, according to Hoban, television was in its infancy.
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Lillian Hoban dedicated herself to dancing until the birth of her second child, Abrom.
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Lillian Hoban began writing her own stories upon returning to the United States.
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Lillian Hoban based her tales on her experiences with her children and their neighborhood friends.
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Lillian Hoban died at Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan in 1998 from heart failure.
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Mr Lillian Hoban, who illustrated his first book by Harper himself, sought another illustrator for Frances because, as he explains, he could not do soft and cuddly.
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Lillian Hoban took over as illustrator with the second book in the series, A Baby Sister for Frances, and illustrated the rest.
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Lillian Hoban was faithful to the badger image first established by Garth Williams but brought her own style and unique charm to the badger family.
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Lillian Hoban used expressive body postures and facial gestures to capture the emotions of the characters and give them an authentic, true to life quality.
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Lillian Hoban explains that she did not set out to write an Easy Reader but simply wrote a story for children.
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Lillian Hoban illustrated the Riverside Kids series written by Johanna Hurwitz that explores growing up in an apartment in the heart of New York City.
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Lillian Hoban was especially fond of the First Grade Friends series of books that she illustrated for Miriam Cohen.
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Lillian Hoban briefly ventured into juvenile fiction with the publication of her one and only young adult novel, I Met a Traveler, in 1977.
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Lillian Hoban kicked off this very dynamic period with a small picture book entitled Harry's Song, her ode to the arts.
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Lillian Hoban returned to familiar themes in No, No Sammy Crow, telling the humorous and touching story of little Sammy Crow who cannot stop carrying around his baby blanket.
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Lillian Hoban's caring mother encourages him to find a solution to his attachment.
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In 1965 Lillian Hoban was commissioned, along with Robert Krauss and Anita Lobel, to create oversized posters for the various holidays to display in school libraries and classrooms.
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Lillian Hoban's posters included the following holidays: Halloween, Valentines, Christmas, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
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Julia and Lillian Hoban followed those books with Buzby the cat, an amusing and delightful story of a cat seeking his place in the world.
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Lillian Hoban's parents encouraged her interest in drawing by taking her to museums, buying her art supplies and eventually enrolling her in the Graphic Sketch Club.
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Lillian Hoban recalls spending a great deal of time in the children's book room at the Rittenhouse Square Library in Philadelphia where there was a long, low bench under the bookshelves that wrapped around the room.
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Lillian Hoban explains that in preparing an illustration she will first practice making multiple expressions until she finds the one that best fits the character and situation.
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Lillian Hoban was delighted when the books started to be published in full color and she used pastels, water colors, and colored pencils sometimes in the same picture.
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Lillian Hoban died at Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan in 1998 from heart failure.