Edith Thacher Hurd
Personal Information
Description
Edith Thacher was born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1933 she graduated from Radcliffe College and moved to New York City, and in 1934 she enrolled in the Bank Street College of Education. There she met fellow student George Hurd, and the two married in 1939. They began creating children's books, she writing and he illustrating. In 1938, she published her first book for children Hurry, Hurry. In 1949, they had a son, Thacher, who is also a children's book illustrator. Over the course of her career, Edith wrote more than seventy-five children's books, many of which were illustrated by Clement.
Books
Windy and the willow whistle
The old carpenter makes Windy a willow whistle that calls his dog, talks to birds, startles the river frogs, and sounds like the wind.
The mother beaver
Traces a year in the life cycle of a female beaver as she mates, gives birth, raises her kits, and helps strengthen the dam.
Mr. Charlie's pet shop
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie have a very busy day at their pet shop, caring for all the animals, catching three skunks, and finding a home for a dog no one has bought.
Little dog, dreaming
A little city dog dreams of sunny summers in the country 'til his dreams come true.
The cat from Telegraph Hill
A little cat who thinks she is big enough and tough enough goes out one night to see San Francisco and causes a great commotion before she returns to her own house the next morning.
No Funny Business
When Carl the cat is left at home while the family goes on a picnic, he goes to sleep and dreams that he is on the picnic and having all kinds of adventures.
Come and Have Fun
The cat tries to entice the mouse out of his house, and later when he does come out, chases him, but cannot follow him back into his house.
Stop Stop
Miss Mugs comes to stay with Suzie, and washes everything in sight, then finds nothing clean enough for her taste when they go the zoo.
Sandpipers
An introduction to the migration, mating, and seashore life of the brown and white sandpiper.
Rain and the valley
The valley has its beginnings in rain falling on the mountain; after many years it is a green valley with a pond, but a poor farmer changes it into a dust bowl before a good farmer comes to make it green again.
Starfish
"A simple introduction to starfish using rebuses"--Provided by publisher.
Blue Heron Tree
Describes the spring migration, courtship and raising of their young by two great blue herons, largest of the American herons.
Look for a bird
Simple facts and pictures introduce fourteen familiar American birds.
Wilson's World
Wilson starts out painting a picture of a beautiful world but keeps adding so many people and cities that soon his world is not fit to live in.
Dinosaur, my darling
Joe is surprised to see a live dinosaur when he digs a hole with his backhoe.
Johnny Lion's bad day
Johnny Lion has a bad cold and the medicine he takes and the dreams he has are both terrible.
Song of the sea otter
Traces the early life of a sea otter, from birth to the moment he realizes he has lost his mother's protection.
Catfish
After Catfish has thoroughly irritated the important citizens of Nevermind, he redeems himself by capturing bank robbers.