Animal Dictionary
Subtitle: A Little Golden Book #2051
By: by Jane Werner Watson [1915-2004]; pictures by Feodor Rojankovsky [1891-1970]
Contributors: Rojankovsky, Feodor, 1891-1970, ill.
Edition: 20th Anniv. Ed. / 13th Printing
Series: A Little Golden Book #2051
Publisher: Golden Press: Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Racine, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 24
Copyright date: 1960 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.
Subjects: Animals -- Dictionaries, Juvenile.; Picture dictionaries -- Juvenile literature.; Animals -- Dictionaries.; Picture dictionaries.
Description: Jane (Werner) Watson: Born July 11, 1915, in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, USA, died April 09, 2004
Writing Genre: Christian and Children's Stories

Children's writer Jane Werner Watson (1915-2004) was born in Fond du Lac, Wis. She earned a B.A. in English in 1936 from the University of Wisconsin, began a career in publishing, and became a prolific writer who specialized in non-fiction. She was one of the first editors for the original Golden Books series, and wrote books for Disney series.

She also wrote under the names Elsa Jane Werner Watson, Elsa Jane Werner, Jane Werner, Annie North Bedford, Monica Hill, Elsa Ruth Nast, W.K. Jasner, and A.N. Bedford. In 1958 she was named Woman of the Year in Literature by the Los Angeles Times.

Watson and her husband Earnest Charles Watson lived in India for several years when he was science attaché to the U.S. embassy in New Delhi, and traveled extensively; their collection of Indian art is at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wis.

After moving to Santa Barbara, Calif., Watson taught continuing education classes in creative writing and cultural geography.