Clement Hurd. Clement Hurd Clement Hurd Clement Hurd Clement Gazzam Hurd[1] Born January 12, 1908 New York City, U.S.A. February 5, 1988 (aged 80) Died San Francisco Nationality American St. Paul's School Education Fernand Léger Alma mater Yale University Known for Illustration, Painting Notable work Runaway Bunny series Spouse(s) Edith Thacher Hurd Clement G. Hurd (January 12, 1908 – February 5, 1988) was an American artist. He is known for illustrations of children's picture books, especially collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown including Goodnight Moon (1947) and The Runaway Bunny (1942). Biography Early life Hurd was born in New York City[2] to Richard Melancthon Hurd, an economist and mortgage banker, and Lucy Gazzam Hurd.[3] He was educated at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire,[4] then studied architecture[5] at Yale University and painting with Fernand Léger in Paris.[4] Career Hurd returned to New York in 1933 to work as a commercial artist. There Margaret Wise Brown was an editor at W. R. Scott, as well as a writer of picture book texts. On seeing two of his paintings, she asked him if he would consider illustrating children's books. She wrote a text herself, for what became Bumble Bugs and Elephants (1938) —"perhaps the first modern board book for babies."[4] Hurd's next collaboration with Brown, The Runaway Bunny, has been in print continuoulsy since its 1942 publication. Their next book, Goodnight Moon (1947), is considered classic children's literature in North America; by 1990, the total number of copies sold was more than 4 million.[6] In 2007, the National Education Association named Goodnight Moon one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children".[7] In 2012 it was ranked number four among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal.[8] Hurd also illustrated over fifty books written by his wife Edith Thacher Hurd (a friend of Brown's) as well as a children's book written by Gertrude Stein, The World Is Round. Hurd wrote and illustrated the book Run, Run, Run. Hurd died of Alzheimer's disease at a San Francisco hospital in 1988.[5] Personal life His son Thacher Hurd is also a children's book author and illustrator, and referred in an interview to the "wonderful aura of creativity" surrounding his father and the Vermont farm that was their home.[4] Legacy A doctored/altered photo of Hurd was included in the 60th anniversary republication of Goodnight Moon with a cigarette removed from his hand, an incident of tobacco bowdlerization that caused controversy over publication standards.[9] Hurd's work, as well as that of his wife and son, was featured at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center in the 2004 exhibition "From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog: The World of Clement, Edith and Thatcher Hurd." Selected works The World Is Round (New York: W. R. Scott, 1939), words by Gertrude Stein, OCLC 10175454 The Merry Chase (Random House, 1941) The Race Between the Monkey and the Duck (Wonder Books, 1946) Run Run Run: Story of Black Cat and Dog (Harper, 1951), OCLC 1412335 Margaret Wise Brown Bumble Bugs and Elephants (W. R. Scott, 1938) The Runaway Bunny (Harper, 1942) Goodnight Moon (Harper, 1947) My World (Harper, 1949), Brown – a Goodnight Moon book Good-night Moon Room (Harper, 1984) — pop-up book version Goodnight Moon's 123: A Counting Book (HarperCollins, 2007) Goodnight Moon's ABC: An Alphabet Book (HarperCollins, 2010) Edith Thacher Hurd Benny the Bulldozer (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1947) Little Brass Band (Harper, 1955) Windy and the Willow Whistle (Sterling, 1956) Mr. Charlie, the Fireman's Friend (Lippincott, 1958) Last One Home is a Green Pig (Harper, 1959) Hurry Hurry (Harper, 1960) Come and Have Fun (Harper, 1962) Christmas Eve (Harper, 1962) No Funny Business (Harper, 1962) The Day the Sun Danced (Harper, 1965) Johnny Lion's Book (Harper, 1965) What Whale? Where? (Harper, 1966) The Blue Heron Tree (Viking, 1968) This is the Forest (Coward-McCann, 1969) Catfish (Viking, 1970) Johnny Lion's Bad Day (Harper, 1970) Wilson's World (Harper, 1971) Johnny Lion's Rubber Boots (Harper, 1972) The Mother Owl (Little, Brown, 1974) The Mother Kangaroo (Little, Brown, 1976) Look for a Bird (Harper, 1977) The Mother Chimpanzee (Little, Brown, 1978) Under the Lemon Tree (Little, Brown, 1980) References 1. "RICHARD Af. HURD, 75, FINANCE FIRM HEAD; Chairman of Lawyers Mortgage Corporation Dies in Hospital," New York Times (June 7, 1941). 2. Silvey, Anita (2002). The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 214. ISBN 9780547348896. 3. The New York Red Book. Williams Press. 1916. p. 65. 4. 1 2 3 4 Leonard S. Marcus (1997). "Meet Clement Hurd". Enter the World of Margaret Wise Brown. HarperCollins Children's. Retrieved 2014-10-01. Apparently citing Marcus's book, Dear Genius, The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom. 5. 1 2 McDowell, Edwin (February 10, 1988). "Clement G. Hurd, 80, Illustrator Of Many Children's Books, Dies". New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2015. 6. "The Writer's Almanac for the week of May 21, 2007". 7. National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". Retrieved 2012-08-19. 8. Bird, Elizabeth (July 6, 2012). "Top 100 Picture Books Poll Results". "A Fuse #8 Production". Blog. School Library Journal (blog.schoollibraryjournal.com). Retrieved 2012-08-19. 9. Wyatt, Edward (November 17, 2005). "'Goodnight Moon', Smokeless Version". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-07-26. 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