What type of details about syd hoff can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: syd hoff -lrb- september 4 , 1912 -- may 12 , 2004 -rrb- was a jewish-american cartoonist and children 's book author . although best known for his classic early reader '' danny and the dinosaur '' , his cartoons appeared in a multitude of genres , including advertising commissions for such companies as eveready batteries , jell-o , ok used cars , s.o.s pads , rambler , ralston cereal and more . hoff was born in bronx , new york . while he was still at high school , milt gross , a popular 1930s cartoonist , told him at an assembly that '' kid , someday you 'll be a great cartoonist ! '' at 16 , he enrolled at the national academy of design in new york city . at 18 , he sold his first cartoon to '' the new yorker '' , and would sell a total of 571 of them to the publication from 1931 to 1975 . hoff became known for his cartoons , in '' the new yorker '' , depicting tenements and lower-middle class life in the city . his cartoons have appeared in a variety of publications including the '' new yorker '' , '' esquire '' , and '' look '' magazine . he was also the host of a television show , '' tales of hoff '' , in which he drew and told stories . hoff wrote and illustrated over 60 volumes in the harpercollins '' i can read '' series for beginning readers , most notably '' sammy the seal '' and the popular '' danny and the dinosaur '' -lrb- 1958 -rrb- , which sold 10 million copies and has been translated into a dozen languages . in 1976 , hoff edited and published '' editorial and political cartooning : from earlier times to the present '' , which contains over 700 examples of works from the world 's editorial and political cartoons .
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