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Martha Alexander

Martha Alexander is an author and illustrator who was born in Augusta, Georgia, on May 25, 1920. She attended the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts in Ohio from 1938 through 1942. Her marriage to Willson Stamper ended in divorce in 1959. Ms. Alexander, the creator of so many humorous children in literature, is the mother of two—a girl, Kim, and a boy, Allen.
Martha Alexander is the embodiment of the person who marches to the beat of a different drummer.
It is this same determination that has made her so successful in publishing. Her first published illustrative work was not for children, but for adults, drawing cosmetics for magazines. When she made the discovery that she was not going to get rich by drawing makeup, she decided she may as well draw something she would like to. And if she became rich in the process, so much the better. Her economic status aside, Martha has decidedly enriched the children's book field with her characteristically small-format books such as the Blackboard Bear series, among others.
(adapted from Jim Roginski's "Behind The Covers")

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Born 25 May 1920
Died 2006

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Born 25 May 1920
Died 2006
Subjects
Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Brothers and sisters, Bears, Anthony (Fictitious character : Alexander), Bears, fiction, Blackboard Bear (Fictitious character), Brothers and sisters, fiction, Picture books, Boys, fiction, Play, Stories without words, Toys, Infants, fiction, Runaways, Sharing, Space flight, fiction, Toy and movable books, Toys, fiction, Alphabet, Children's songs, Children's stories, Fantasy fiction, Imaginary playmates
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Moon, Romania

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  • OLID: OL2288801A

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Alternative names

  • Martha G. Alexander
  • MARTHA ALEXANDER

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April 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add death date from UConn archives description
November 11, 2010 Edited by Jorge Reinaldo Galindo new bio
November 10, 2010 Edited by George merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import