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Edition 4 (1960) Winner
Phoebe Erickson
フィービー・エリクソン
FīBī Erikuson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1907-11-23 （North Bay, Wisconsin, US）
- Died
- 2006-08-23 （Concord, New Hampshire, US） age 98
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Protestant
- Residence History
- Door County, Wisconsin → Chicago, Illinois → New York City → Hartford, Connecticut → Spain → Sweden → New England
Career
- Occupations
- Children's book illustrator, Children's book author
- Active Years
- 1946-1965
- Influenced By
- Thornton Burgess
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | — | Painting and design | — | 1931-1933 | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | — | 1937頃 | United States |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Painting and design
Period:
1931-1933
Year of Graduation:
1933
Country:
United States
Attended on scholarship
Columbia University
Period:
1937頃
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | William Allen White Children's Book Award | Daniel 'Coon: The Story of a Pet Raccoon | — | College of Emporia | winner |
| 1960 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award | Double or Nothing | — | Vermont Department of Libraries | winner |
William Allen White Children's Book Award
1957
Work:
Daniel 'Coon: The Story of a Pet Raccoon
Organization:
College of Emporia
Result:
winner
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
1960
Work:
Double or Nothing
Organization:
Vermont Department of Libraries
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Slip: The Story of a Little Fox
1948 Children's literatureThe story of a little fox.
WildlifeNature
Daniel 'Coon: The Story of a Pet Raccoon
1954 Children's literatureThe story of a pet raccoon.
Pet animalsNature
Double or Nothing
1958 Children's literatureAdventure story.
AdventureAnimals
Bibliography
- Animals of Small Pond
- Baby Animal Friends
- Baby Animal Stories
- Bambi's Children
- Black Beauty
- Black Penny
- Cattail House
- Daniel 'Coon: The Story of a Pet Raccoon
- Double or Nothing
- Holiday Storybook
- Just Follow Me
- Little Peter Cottontail
- Nature Almanac
- Peter Rabbit, Henny Penny, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
- Seashells
- Slip, The Story of a Little Fox
- Stories Around the Year
- The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
- The Littlest Reindeer
- The Uncle Wiggly Book
- Uncle Debunkel; or, The Barely Believable Bears
- We Are Neighbors
- Who's in the Mirror?
- Wildwing
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Accurate depictions of wildlife and the natural worldDetailed illustrations
- Recurring Motifs
- AnimalsNatureFarm life
Legacy
Phoebe Erickson was a children's book illustrator and author best remembered for her accurate depictions of wildlife and the natural world.
Museums
- Miller Art Museum Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
- Phoebe Erickson Room, Bailey's Harbor Library Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin
- Phoebe Erickson Collection, Elmer Andersen Library Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Thornton W. Burgess Museum Sandwich, Massachusetts
- National Trust Museum of Childhood Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire, UK
Archives
- de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, University of Southern Mississippi
Quotes
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I drew pictures even before I started to read. My father bought some paper but I used it up in no time. So then I went out in the woods and cut some birchbark and covered that with drawings. It was fun to be behind the big kitchen stove on a rainy day and draw pictures of cowboys and indians, ponies and broncos. At that time in my life I had three ambitions: to be an artist, a poet, and a cowboy.
Source: Hartford Courant (1952)
Trivia
- Born the twelfth of thirteen children to Swedish immigrants Axel and Emelia Erickson.
- Grew up on the family farm in Door County surrounded by animals and nature.
- Married trial lawyer Arthur Blair but continued to publish under her maiden name.
- Buried in Bailey's Harbor, Wisconsin.