# Paul Galdone

Paul Galdone (June 2, 1907 – November 7, 1986) was an illustrator and writer known best for children's picture books.

## Early life

He was born in Budapest and he emigrated to the United States in 1921. He studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design. He served in the US Army during World War II.

## Career and honors

Galdone illustrated nearly all of Eve Titus' books, including Basil of Baker Street series which was translated to the screen in the animated Disney film, The Great Mouse Detective. Galdone and Titus were nominated for Caldecott Medals for Anatole (1957) and Anatole and the Cat (1958). The titles were later named Caldecott Honor books in 1971.
His books Anatole (1956); Tom, Tom the Piper's Son (1964); and The Little Red Hen (1973) received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews.
His retellings of classic tales like The Little Red Hen have become staples.
He was posthumously awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contributions to children's literature.

## Death

On November 7, 1986 at age 79, he died of a heart attack in Nyack, New York.

## Selected works

| Year | Title | Contribution | Text |
| 1946 | The Little Green Car | Illustrated | by C. D. Emerson |
| 1950 | The Reluctant Landlord | Illustrated | by Scott Corbett |
| 1951 | Nine Lives; or, the celebrated cat of Beacon Hill | Illustrated | by Edward Fenton |
| 1951 | The kid who batted 1,000 | Illustrated | by Bob Allison and Frank Ernest Hill |
| 1951 | Of Mikes and Men | Illustrated | by Jane Woodfin |
| 1952 | Space Cat | Illustrated | by Ruthven Todd |
| 1956 | Anatole (series of ten to 1979) | Illustrated | by Eve Titus featuring a "mouse village" near Paris |
| 1958 | Basil of Baker Street (series of five to 1982) | Illustrated | by Eve Titus featuring the "great mouse detective" |
| 1959 | Grandfather and I | Illustrated | by Helen E. Buckley |
| 1959 | Paddy the Penguin | Illustrated | |
| 1960 | The Old Woman and Her Pig | Illustrated | |
| 1960 | The Different Dog | Illustrated | by Dale Everson |
| 1961 | The House that Jack Built | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1961 | The Three Wishes | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1962 | The First Seven Days | Written and illustrated | |
| 1963 | The Blind Men and the Elephant | Illustrated | by John Godfrey Saxe, from the Indian fable Blind men and an elephant |
| 1963 | Paul Revere's Ride | Illustrated | from the American poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| 1964 | Tom, Tom the Piper's Son | Illustrated | |
| 1966 | The History of Simple Simon | Illustrated | |
| 1969 | Little Tuppen | Illustrated | |
| 1968 | Henny Penny | Adapted and illustrated | from the "Henny Penny" fable |
| 1968 | The Horse, the Fox and the Lion | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1968 | The Wise Fool | Illustrated | |
| 1969 | George Washington's Breakfast | Illustrated | by Jean Fritz |
| 1969 | The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale from India | Written and illustrated | from one of the Indian Jataka tales |
| 1969 | The Life of Jack Spratt, His Wife & His Cat | Illustrated | |
| 1970 | The Three Little Pigs | Adapted and illustrated | from the fable The Three Little Pigs; with Joanna Galdone |
| 1970 | Androcles and the Lion | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1971 | Three Aesop Fox Fables | Adapted and illustrated | from Aesop's Fables; with Joanna C. Galdone |
| 1971 | The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse | Adapted and illustrated | from "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" tale |
| 1972 | The Three Bears | Adapted and illustrated | from the "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" tale |
| 1972 | The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1972 | Honeybee's Party | Illustrated | |
| 1973 | The Little Red Hen | Adapted and illustrated | from the "Little Red Hen" folktale |
| 1973 | The Three Billy Goats Gruff | Adapted and illustrated | from the Norwegian fairytale Three Billy Goats Gruff |
| 1974 | Speak Up, Edie! | Illustrated | by Johanna Johnston |
| 1974 | Little Red Riding Hood | Adapted and illustrated | from the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood |
| 1974 | Jack and the Beanstalk/The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of Her Son Jack | Adapted and illustrated | from the Jack and the Beanstalk tale |
| 1975 | The Gingerbread Boy | Adapted and illustrated | from the American fairytale The Gingerbread Boy |
| 1976 | Cinderella | Adapted and illustrated | from the Cinderella tale |
| 1976 | Puss in Boots | Adapted and illustrated | from the French fairytale Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault |
| 1976 | The Magic Porridge Pot | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1977 | The Tailypo: A Ghost Story | Illustrated | by Joanna Galdone from the tale "Tailypo" |
| 1977 | A Strange Servant | Illustrated | Translated by Blanche Ross |
| 1978 | The Princess and the Pea | Illustrated | by Hans Christian Andersen from "The Princess and the Pea" fairytale |
| 1979 | Hans in Luck | Adapted and illustrated | from the "Hans in Luck" fairytale |
| 1980 | King of the Cats | Adapted and illustrated | from the "King of the Cats" folktale |
| 1981 | The Three Sillies | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1981 | The Amazing Pig | Written and illustrated | |
| 1982 | The Monster and the Tailor: A Ghost Story | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1982 | What's in Fox's Sack? An Old English Tale | Adapted and illustrated | |
| 1983 | The Greedy Old Fat Man | Written and illustrated | |
| 1983 | The Turtle and the Monkey | Illustrated | by Joanna C. Galdone |
| 1984 | The Elves and the Shoemaker | Adapted and illustrated | from the tale The Elves and the Shoemaker |
| 1985 | Rumpelstiltskin | Adapted and illustrated | from the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale |
| 1986 | The Three Little Kittens | Adapted and illustrated | from the English nursery rhyme "Three Little Kittens" |
| 1987 | The Complete Story of the Three Blind Mice | Illustrated | by John W. Ivimey from the English nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice" (posthumous publication) |