

Hurd estuvo casado con la escritora Edith Thacher Hurd, con quien también creó muchos libros que se convirtieron en favoritos de los niños. Allí fue donde desarrolló su estilo característico, compuesto de colores de fuerte contraste. Estudió pintura en París en los años 1930 con Fernand Léger, entre otros. A native of New York City, he lived most of his life in Vermont and California.Ĭlement Hurd (1908–1988) se graduó de Yale University. He illustrated more than one hundred books, many of them with his wife, Edith Thacher Hurd, including the Johnny Lion books, The Day the Sun Danced, and The Merry Chase. In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. After his return to the United States in 1935, he began to work in children's books. Goodnight Moon (Over the Moon 2) by Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illustrator). Something of an eccentric, Brown led a somewhat complicated personal life. They include such classics as The Runaway Bunny (1942) and Goodnight Moon (1947). He studied painting in Paris with Fernand Léger and others in the early 1930s. Her works, which ultimately ran to more than 100 titles, were illustrated by Clement Hurd and others. Brown include My World Christmas in the Barn The Dead Bird North, South, East, West and Good Day, Good Night.Ĭlement Hurd (1908–1988) is best known for illustrating Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny, the classic picture books by Margaret Wise Brown. Margaret Wise Brown, cherished for her unique ability to convey a child’s experience and perspective of the world, transformed the landscape of children’s literature with such beloved classics as Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.
