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Leonard Weisgard (Leonard Joseph Weisgard) was born on 12 December, 1916 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, is an American writer. Discover Leonard Weisgard's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?

Popular As Leonard Joseph Weisgard
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Age 84 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 12 December, 1916
Birthday 12 December
Birthplace New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Date of death 2000
Died Place Denmark
Nationality United States

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His wife is Phyllis Monnot

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1916

Leonard Joseph Weisgard (December 13, 1916 – January 14, 2000) was an American writer and illustrator of more than 200 children's books.

He is known best for his collaborations with writer Margaret Wise Brown.

Weisgard was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and spent most of his childhood in England.

He studied art at the Pratt Institute in New York City.

1937

His first book, Suki the Siamese Pussy, was published in 1937, and his first collaboration with Brown was two years later, The Noisy Book.

1948

He won the 1948 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Little Island, written by Brown.

1949

They collaborated again on The Important Book, published by Harper & Brothers in 1949.

Altogether, Weisgard illustrated at least 14 of Brown's books, including two that were published posthumously.

(Brown wrote the text for six books that were published as by "Golden MacDonald". All were unpaged picture books illustrated by Weisgard and published by Doubleday.)

1951

Weisgard married Phyllis Monnot in 1951 and moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, with her and their three children in 1969.

1956

Writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was a Newbery Medal runner-up in 1956 for The Secret River, which Weisgard illustrated.

2000

He died on January 14, 2000, in Denmark.

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