Erik Blegvad

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Erik Blegvad was born in Copehagen, Denmark in 1923. There he attended the Copenhagen School of Arts and Crafts along with friend and illustrator Niels M. Bodecker. Blegvad was a prolific illustrator of children's books, with over 100 titles to his name, including seven written by his wife. He also drew magazine and newspaper illustrations. During the Nazi occupation of Denmark, he and a friend were arrested by the Gestapo for distributing Danish resistance literature. He then spend "several frightening days" in prison before being released. He later served in the Danish Air Force, then worked as a translator for the British in occupied Germany. After meeting his wife, Lenore Hochman in Paris, they moved to the United States. Some of Blegvad's most famous works include illustrations for Mary Norton’s *Bedknob and Broomstick*, his own translations of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, and works by O. Henry, Myra Cohn Livingston, Judith Viorst, Jane Langton, and Charlotte Zolotow. The Times of London wrote, "His minutely detailed brush and pen drawings recalled the myths and stories that his grandfather had told him during his boyhood in Denmark. He was described by the American writer and artist Edward Gorey as one of the best of his generation."

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Kitty and Mr. Kipling
Representative edition published 2005
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Anna Banana And Me
Representative edition published 2005
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The swing in the summerhouse
Representative edition published 2001
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La Véritable Histoire des trois petits cochons
Representative edition published 2001
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First Friends
Representative edition published 2000
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A Sound of Leaves
Representative edition published 1995
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The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook
Representative edition published 1992
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May I visit?
Representative edition published 1989
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Rainy day Kate
Representative edition published 1988
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This little pig-a-wig
Representative edition published 1987
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This is Me
Representative edition published 1986
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Self-portrait, Erik Blegvad
Representative edition published 1985
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The Parrot in the garret and other rhymes about dwellings
Representative edition published 1982
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The Three little pigs
Representative edition published 1982
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Rare treasures from Grimm
Representative edition published 1981
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The three little pigs
Representative edition published 1980
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A Selection of 24 Poems from "A Child's Garden of Verses"
Representative edition published 1979
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This Little Pig-a-Wig and Other Rhymes about Pigs
Representative edition published 1978
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Burnie's hill
Representative edition published 1977
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Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark, and other rhymes about dogs
Representative edition published 1976
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The Dollhouse caper
Representative edition published 1975
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Mittens for Kittens and Other Rhymes about Cats
Representative edition published 1974
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Mittens For Kittens
Representative edition published 1974
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Moon-Watch Summer
Representative edition published 1972
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