Marjorie Flack

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Marjorie Flack (22 October 1897 - ? 1958) was an artist and writer of children's picture books. Flack was born in Greenport, Long Island in 1897.[1] She was best known for The Story about Ping (1933), popularized by Captain Kangaroo[2], and for her stories of an insatiably curious Scottish terrier named Angus. Her first marriage was to artist Karl Larsson; she later married poet William Rose Benet. Her book "Angus Lost" was featured prominently in the movie "Ask The Dust", starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek, in which Farrell's character teaches Hayek's character, a Mexican, to read English using Flack's book.

[edit] Bibliography

  • The story about Ping, illustrated by Kurt Wiese
  • Ask Mr. Bear
  • Angus and the Ducks (1930)
  • Angus and the Cat
  • Angus Lost
  • The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (illustrator, 1939)
  • Walter, the Lazy Mouse
  • The Boats on the River
  • Wait for William
  • Tim Tadpole and the Great Bullfrog
  • Neighbors on the Hill
  • The Restless Robin
  • Angus and Wagtail Bess
  • All around the town: The story of a boy in New York

[edit] References

  1. ^ Guide to the Marjorie Flack papers at the University of Oregon]
  2. ^ Children's literature network

[edit] External links

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