Phoebe Erickson

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Phoebe Erickson


Born
in North Bay, Wisconsin, The United States
November 23, 1907

Died
August 23, 2006

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Phoebe Erickson began illustrating books for children in 1937 when she came to New York from Chicago. In 1945 she started writing books as well as illustrating them.

The twelfth of thirteen children, Miss Erickson was born in Door County Peninsula, Wisconsin. She attended the Chicago Art Institute where she studied design and painting.

Phoebe Erickson was born November 23, 1907 in North Bay, Wisconsin. She grew up on a farm where the love of animals and nature would serve as inspirations for many of her illustrations and stories. Phoebe Erickson attended the Chicago Art Institute from 1931-1933 and studied at Columbia University in New York.

She began writing and illustrating children's books in the 1940s, publishing Black Penny, a story of
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Average rating: 3.95 · 139 ratings · 21 reviews · 48 distinct works
Black Penny

4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1951 — 2 editions
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Mammals of Small Pond

3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings2 editions
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Wildwing

3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1960 — 7 editions
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Just Follow Me

4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1960
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Daniel Coon

4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions
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Slip, The Story of a Little...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1948 — 2 editions
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Double or Nothing

3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1958 — 2 editions
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Baby Animal Friends (Wonder...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions
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Cattail House

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Whos in the Mirror

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1965 — 3 editions
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