Harriet Ziefert
Harriet Ziefert | |
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Born | North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S. | July 7, 1941
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Children's literature |
Harriet Ziefert (born July 7, 1941)[1] is an American children's author. Ziefert was born in North Bergen, New Jersey. She has written several hundred children's books, including the Little Hippo series.[1][2] Notable illustrators of her books include Emilie Boon and Santiago Cohen.
Collaboration with Emilie Boon
Board books
Ziefert and Boon have made "
Little Hippo books
Ziefert and Boon have collaborated on a series of "Little Hippo" books, the first of which was published in 1988 by
Boon later obtained an attorney, Seth Salinger, through the Boston non-profit, "Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts." In 1999, Salinger filed a suit on Boon's behalf in Boston's federal court against Scholastic. Chuck Wentzel, a spokesman for Scholastic spokesman said, "Scholastic believes, based on our investigation, there was no copying done and that we will be successful in the litigation."[4]
Notable books
- Illustrated by Emilie Boon
- Bear All Year (1986)
- Bear Gets Dressed (1986)
- Bear Goes Shopping (1986)
- Max and Diana and the Shopping Trip (1987)
- Daddy Can You Play With Me? (1988)
- Mommy Where Are You? (1988)
- My Clothes and My Food (1996)
- Benjy Bear's Halloween (1996)
- Benjy Bear's Christmas (1996)
- Timothy's Numbers (1996)
- Timothy's Shapes (1996)
- Little Hippo's New Baby (1997)
- Little Hippo's New House (1997)
- Little Hippo's New Friend (1999)
- Little Hippo's New School (1999)
- No Kiss for Grandpa (2001)
- Grandma, Where Are You? (2005)
- Grandpa, Will You Play With Me? (2005)
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8264-1778-7. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "About Harriet Ziefert". Penguin Group USA. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ Deborah Abbott (March 2, 1997). "Are book-and-doll packages a blessing - or just a fad?". Chicago Sun-Times. Sun-Times News Group (via HighBeam Research). Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
- ^ a b Andrea Estes (May 20, 1999). "Author of children's books says big guys' 'Little Hippo' a rip-off". The Boston Herald. Herald Media, LLC. (via HighBeam Research). Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
External links
- Harriet Ziefert at Library of Congress, with 495 library catalog records
- Samantha Davis, H.M. Ehrlich, Jane Fine, Margot Linn, and Harriet Margolin at LC Authorities (1, 5, 2, 2, and 8 records)