Edith Thacher Hurd

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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.

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Johnny Lion's bad day
Representative edition published 2002
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Johnny Lion's Book
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Johnny Lion's Bad Day (I Can Read Books: Level 1 (Harper Library))
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Johnny Lions Rubber Boots
Representative edition published 2001
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Starfish
Representative edition published 2000
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Song of the sea otter
Representative edition published 1989
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I dance in my red pajamas
Representative edition published 1982
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Seven Little Postmen
Representative edition published 1980
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The black dog who went into the woods
Representative edition published 1980
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No Funny Business
Representative edition published 1980
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Under the lemon tree
Representative edition published 1980
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Dinosaur, my darling
Representative edition published 1978
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The Mother Chimpanzee
Representative edition published 1978
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Look for a bird
Representative edition published 1977
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Catfish and the kidnapped cat
Representative edition published 1976
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The mother kangaroo
Representative edition published 1976
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The mother owl
Representative edition published 1974
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The mother whale
Representative edition published 1973
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The mother deer
Representative edition published 1972
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The mother beaver
Representative edition published 1971
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Wilson's World
Representative edition published 1971
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Catfish
Representative edition published 1970
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This is the forest
Representative edition published 1969
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Rain and the valley
Representative edition published 1968
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