Adrienne Anderson

From her biography via Find A Grave:

https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58180908

Adrienne Adams was the daughter of Edwin Hunt and Sue Broaddus Adams. She attended Stephens College, 1925, the University of Missouri, 1927, and the American School of Design, New York, 1928. She married John Lonzo Anderson August 17, 1935.

Adrienne or "Dean," to her friends, had a long career as an artist, illustrator, and author of children's books; teacher in a rural school in Oklahoma, 1927; free-lance designer of displays, murals, textiles, greeting cards, and other materials in New York City, 1929-49; Staples-Smith Displays, New York City; decorator of furniture and murals, and art director, 1945-52; full-time illustrator, 1952-.

Adrienne was recognized in her field, runner-up, Caldecott Medal, 1960, for illustration of Houses of the Sea, and 1962, for illustration of The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up; Rutgers Award, College of Library Services, Rutgers University, 1973, for contributions to children's literature; University of Southern Mississippi's Medallion, 1977.

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR: FOR CHILDREN; SELF ILLUSTRATED:

• A Woggle of Witches, Scribner, 1971
• (Compiler) Poetry of the Earth, Scribner, 1972
• The Easter Egg Artists, Scribner, 1976
• The Christmas Party, Scribner, 1978
• The Great Valentine's Day Balloon Race, Scribner, 1980
• A Halloween Happening, Scribner, 1981

FOR CHILDREN: ILLUSTRATOR:

• The World on a Farm by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Friendship Press, 1931
• Bag of Smoke by Lonzo Anderson, Viking, 1942, revised edition, Knopf, 1968
• The Boy Jones by Patricia Gordon, Viking Press, 1943
• The 13th is Magic by Patricia Gordon, Lothrop, 1950.
• The Summer is Magic by Patricia Grodon, Lothrup, 1952
• Captain Ramsay's Daughter by Elizabeth Fraser Torjensen, Lothrop, 1953
• Angela of Angel Court, by Elizabeth Rogers, Crowell, 1954
• Impunity Jane by Rumer Godden, Viking, 1954
• Jenny by Mary Kennedy, Lothrop, 1954
• Pulling Strings by Madeleine N. Myers, Holt, 1954
• The Baby House by Norma Simon, Lippincott, 1955
• The Blue Mountain by Beth Lipkin, Knopf, 1956
• The Fairy Doll by Rumer Godden, Viking, 1956
• The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla Fredrich and Otto Friedrich, Lothrop, 1957, new edition, 1983
• The Light in the Tower by Patricia Gordon, Lothrop, 1957
• Great Aunt Victoria's House by Margaret Glover Otto, Holt, 1957
• Mouse House by Rumer Godden, Viking, 1957
• The Rachel Field Story Book by Rachel Lyman Field, Doubleday, 1958
• Die Feenpupe by Rumer Godden, Boje Verlag, 1958
• The Story of Holly and Ivy by Rumer Godden, Viking, 1958
• Theodore's Parents by Janice Udry, Lothrop, 1958
• Houses from the Sea by Alice E. Goudey, Scribneer, 1959
• Trudy's First Day at Camp by Paula Hendrich, Lothrop, 1959
• The Littlest Witch by Jeanne Massey, Knopf, 1959
• Going Barefoot by Aileen Lucia Fisher, Crowell, 1960
• Candy Floss by Rumer Godden, Viking, 1960
• The Shoemaker and the Elves by Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, Scribner, 1960
• Tip and Dip by Suzanne Gleaves and Lael Wertenbaker, Lippincott, 1960
• Thumbelina by Hans Christian Anderson, Scribner, 1961
• The Day We Saw The Sun Come UP by Alice E. Goudey
• Mary's Marvelous Mouse by Mary Francis Shura, Knopf, 1962
• What Makes A Shadow? by Clyde Robert Bulla, Crowell, 1962
• A Fifteenth Century Cookry Boke, John L. Anderson Compiler, Scribner, 1962
• Bring a Torch Jeannette, Isabella by W. Saboly, Scribner, 1963
• Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Scotland by Virginia Haviland, Little, Brown, 1963
• The Nearsighted Knight by Mary Francis Shura, Knopf, 1964
• Snow White and Red Rose by Grimm, Scribner, 1964
• Butterfly Time by Alice E. Goudey, Scribner, 1964
• The Mouse Palace by Frances Carpenter, McGraw, 1964
• The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson, Scribner, 1965
• In The Middle of The Night by Mary Francis Shura, Crowell, 1965
• Cabbage Moon by Jan Wahl, Holt, 1965
• Ponies of Mykillengi by Lonzo Anderson, Scribner, 1966
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Andrew Lang, Holt, 1966
• The White Rat's Tale by Barbara Schiller, Holt, 1967
• Jorinda and Joringel, Grimm, Scribner, 1968
• Two Hundred Rabbits by Lonzo Anderson, Viking, 1968
• The Laird of Cockpen by Leclaire Alger, Holt, 1969
• Summer's Coming In by Natalia Belting, Holt, 1970
• Painting The Moon by Carl Withers, Holt, 1970
• Mr. Biddle and the Birds by Lonzo Anderson, Scribner, 1971
• Izzard by Lonzo Anderson, Scribner, 1971
• Twice Upon A Time by Irwin Shapiro, Scribner, 1973
• The Halloween Party by Lonzo Anderson, Scribner, 1974
• Hansel and Gretel by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, Scribner, 1975
• The River Bank by Kenneth Grahame, Scribner, 1977
• Arion and the Dolphins by Lonzo Anderson, Scribner, 1978
• The Wounded Duck by Peter Barnhard, Scribner, 1979

Dean is sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

For more information on Adrienne Adams, visit your local library.

To see an exhibit of Adrienne Adams's art, contact the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.