The Bravest Knight

 

딱 보자마자 알 거 같은 ㅋㅋㅋ 작가가 누굴까요? 알아맞히는 분은 제가 이마에 뽀뽀세례를 ㅎㅎㅎ

다들 도망가겠지요. 아마도 ^^

 

도서관에서 신간으로 영어동화책도 좀 들어왔더라구요.

그래서 뒤적거리다가 발견한 책

딱 보자마자 이거 울 녀석 책임을 감지하고 레이다망에 걸린 이 책은

내가 읽어보자고 하지 않아도 아마 소리내서 읽을 거 같은

그런 책이네요. 글밥도 무지 착하고 몇 줄 안 되고

또 등장인물들도 재미있어서 그림도 그렇고

little critter와는 약간 느낌이 다르지만 기사 나오는 거 좋아하니 더 신나서 볼 거 같아요.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mercer Mayer (born December 10, 1943 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American children's book writer and illustrator. He has published over 300 books using a wide range of illustrative styles (see his bibliography for a list). Mayer is probably best known for his "Little Critter" and "Little Monster" series of books.

Mayer's father was in the United States Navy, so the family moved many times during his childhood before settling in Honolulu, Hawaii. There, Mayer graduated from high school in 1961. While attending school at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Mayer's decided to enter the field of children's book illustration. To that end, he created a portfolio of sketches and peddled them wherever he could. Though his professors feared the young artist would never be good enough to make a living as an illustrator, Mayer was not dissuaded.

Mayer moved from Hawaii to New York City in 1964, pursuing further instruction at the Art Students League of New York, where he met an artist named Marianna who became his first wife. He also met an art director who told Mayer that his portfolio was so bad that he needed to throw it away. Though offended, Mayer did. During his spare time from his job at an advertising agency, the artist created a completely new portfolio. These new sketches persuaded editors at Dial Press and Harper & Row to give him some illustration work.

Mayer published his first book, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, at Dial Press in 1967. It was notable for being a completely wordless picture book—one that tells its story entirely through the use of pictures. Mayer was one of the first illustrators to be credited for using this format. Five more books in this series were to follow.

The book There's a Nightmare in My Closet drew on Mayer's childhood fears of monsters in his room at night. Critics compared the book, unfavorably, to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, but children and their parents loved the story and it became very popular.

Mayer joined Golden Publishing, creators of Little Golden Books, in 1976. Through them he has sold his "Little Critter" and "Little Monster" series, which are popular with beginning readers.

In 1978, Mayer divorced Marianna. The following year, he married his second wife, Jo. The couple have two children, a son named Len and a daughter named Jessie. Mayer currently lives in Roxbury, Connecticut with his third wife, Gina.

In addition to writing and illustrating his own books, Mayer has collaborated on many projects with other children's authors. He has illustrated books for John Bellairs, Jane Yolen, Jan Wahl, Jay Williams, John D. Fitzgerald, among others.

 

전 크리터만 알고 있었는데 리틀 몬스터라는 시리즈도 11권이 있군요.