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Trina Schart Hyman was an American illustrator of more than children's books, some of which she wrote herself....
Trina Schart Hyman
American children's book illustrator
Trina Schart Hyman (April 8, 1939 – November 19, 2004) was an Americanillustrator of children's books.
She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends.
Hyman was born Trina Schart on April 8, , in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hyman developed a bustling career as an illustrator of children's trade.
She won the 1985 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing Saint George and the Dragon, retold by Margaret Hodges.[1]
Biography
Born in Philadelphia to Margaret Doris Bruck and Albert H.
Schart, she grew up in Wyncote, Pennsylvania[2] and learned to read and draw at an early age. Her favorite story as a child was Little Red Riding Hood, and she spent an entire year of her childhood wearing a red cape.
She enrolled at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art (now part of the University of the Arts) in 1956, but moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1959 after marrying Harris Hyman, a mathematician and engineer. She graduated from School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1960.
The couple then moved