Robert Bright is the published illustrator and author of more than 15 children's books and 3 novels. He was born August 5, 1902 in Sandwich, MA. He died in 1988 at his home in San Francisco, CA.
He is most known for his series of Georgie the ghost children's books, the first of which was published in 1944.
21 Known distinct works:
Georgie — published 1944 (9 editions)
The Travels of Ching - published 1948
Me and the Bears — published 1951
Georgie to the Rescue — published 1956 (4 editions)
The Friendly Bear — published 1957 (3 editions)
Georgie's Halloween — published 1958 (5 editions)
Georgie and the Robbers — published 1963 (7 editions)
Georgie and the Magician — published 1966 (3 editions)
My Hopping Bunny — published 1967
Gregory: the Noisiest and Strongest Boy in Grangers Grove — published 1969
Georgie and the Noisy Ghost — published 1971 (3 editions)
Georgie Goes West — published 1973 (2 editions)
Georgie's Christmas Carol — published 1975 (2 editions)
Georgie and the Buried Treasure - published 1979 (2 editions)
The Life and Death of Little Jo (A Zia Book) — published 1979
Georgie and the Runaway Balloon — published 1983
Georgie and the Ball of Yarn — published 1983
Georgie and the Little Dog — published 1983
Georgie and the Baby Birds — published 1983
My Red Umbrella — published 1985 (2 editions)
Slightly Scary Stories for Halloween (by Robert Bright, Edward Marshall, James Stevenson, Barbara K. Walker)— published 2007 — 2 editions
Georgie and Georgie to the Rescue became motion pictures issued by Weston Woods Studios and Sterling Educational Films.
Robert Bright moved his family to Taos, New Mexico from New York in the 1930s. There he began his writing career and published his first novel, The Life and Death of Little Joe.
"New York Times Obituary" Robert Bright, 87, Dies; A Writer for Children Published: December 3, 1988
"Robert Bright, an author and illustrator of children's books, died of cancer on Nov. 21 at his home in San Francisco. He was 87 years old. Mr. Bright's first children's book, Georgie, was published in 1944. Its title character was a friendly little ghost. Twelve more Georgie books followed for Doubleday & Company, including Georgie's Halloween, Georgie to the Rescue and Georgie and the Robber. Mr. Bright, born in Sandwich, Mass., was also a teacher, reporter and fiction writer. Among his adult novels were The Intruders and The Olivers. He is survived by a son, Robert Douglas Bright Jr., of Cardiff, Calif., and a daughter, Beatrice Ruffin, of San Francisco. His wife, the former Katherine Bailey, died in 1973."