She seems to have been a good egg and tough critic. While I'm certain I read some of Schart Hyman's children's books as a child, I didn't know anything about her until well into adulthood, but what I've learned I've liked. Realistically this is probably more like 3 stars in many ways, but Hyman is NEVER only three stars! She seems to prefer a cluttered place filled with activity to a sterile place with no one around. She loves having a lot of people around her. On the other hand you do get a real feel for what the artist is like as a person. Well, that is of no help until you check the copyright and do a bit of math. It starts by saying 42 (I THINK) years ago I was born. That is expecting too much and cannot be construed as a criticism of the book. I found the book fascinating although, as an adult, there were subjects I wished she had covered that likely were not appropriate for a child's book. I had not known she was involved with the Cricket magazine when it started. She always had a great love of fairy tales which certainly shows in her work. She was fascinated with the story of Little Red Riding Hood as a small child and reenacted the story daily for about a year or so. Hyman is one of my favorite illustrators so I was thrilled when I got to the H's in weeding J bios and discovered that we had an autobiography by her! Of course it has tons of lovely illustrations.
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