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Aka Marian Curtis Foster. She was born in Cleveland and died in Long
Island, New York in 1978.
http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/html/research/findaids/marian.htm
(short bio)
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=flora%20mcflimsey&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=vi
(covers and dolls)
It seems the name of the doll Miss Flora McFlimsey came from a 19th-
century poem, "Nothing to Wear," by William Allen Butler.
http://www.bartleby.com/102/157.html
Note that the spelling is different.
From Contemporary Authors:
"The drawings she does for her books are usually watercolor and
gouache, with black-and-white put in with a Chinese ink stick. Many of
her original drawings are housed in the special Mariana Room of the
Hockessin Elementary School Library in Wilmington, Delaware."
I can't stand that the 1980s editions of Mariana's books do not have
the exact same abstract watercolor illustrations as the originals.
Considering that other not-so-famous illustrators' works have been
faithfully reproduced, why couldn't they do it for HER books?
I love the humor in the books, too.
WRITINGS:
Under pseudonym Mariana; all self-illustrated:
The Journey of Bangwell Putt, F.A.R. Gallery, 1945 , reprinted,
Lothrop, 1965.
Miss Flora McFlimsey's Christmas Eve, Lothrop, 1949.
Miss Flora McFlimsey's Easter Bonnet, Lothrop, 1951.
Miss Flora McFlimsey and the Baby New Year, Lothrop, 1951.
Miss Flora McFlimsey's Birthday, Lothrop, 1952.
Hotspur , Lothrop, 1953.
Miss Flora McFlimsey and Little Laughing Water, Lothrop, 1954.
Doki, the Lonely Papoose (a Junior Literary Guild selection), Lothrop,
1955.
Miss Flora McFlimsey and the Little Red School House, Lothrop, 1957.
Miss Flora McFlimsey's Valentine, Lothrop, 1962.
Miss Flora McFlimsey's May Day, Lothrop, 1969.
Miss Flora McFlimsey's Halloween, Lothrop, 1972.
Illustrator:
Rhoda Berman, When You Were a Little Baby, Lothrop, 1954.
Betty Peckinpah, Coco Is Coming, Lothrop, 1956.
Jean Y. Jaszi, Everyday Has Two Eyes, Lothrop, 1956.
Janice, Little Bear's Sunday Breakfast, Lothrop, 1958.
Janice, Little Bear's Pancake Party, Lothrop, 1960.
Janice, Little Bear's Christmas, Lothrop, 1964.
Janice M. Udry, Danny's Pig, Lothrop, 1965.
Janice, Little Bear's Thanksgiving, Lothrop, 1967.
Janice, Little Bear Marches in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Lothrop,
1967.
Janice, Little Bear Learns to Read the Cookbook, Lothrop, 1969.
Janice, Little Bear's New Year's Party, Lothrop, 1973.
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