Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story - Hardcover

Rector, Anne Elizabeth; Krull, Kathleen; Chermayeff, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316072044 ISBN 13: 9780316072045

Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers, 2004

Synopsis

The discovery of a diary provides a look at what life was like for a twelve-year-old girl living in New York City in the early 20th century, enhanced with colorfully illustrated sidebars describing the clothes, toys, and modes of transportation of that era.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Elizabeth Rector (1899-1970) attended the Art Students League of New York. She was an accomplished fine artist. She also painted boxes, made unique toys and dollhouses, and handmade furniture for the rich and famous, like movie star Carole Lombard. She married Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Edmund Duffy and had one daughter.

Kathleen Krull is the acclaimed author of the the "Lives of..." series. She is a frequent speaker at schools and conferences and writes articles and book reviews for The New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, and Publishers Weekly, among others.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 3-5–Rector was an aspiring young artist living in New York City in 1912. During that year, the 12-year-old kept a diary; her simple sentences and charming pen-and-ink illustrations reflect on her life, thoughts, and wishes. To her entries Kathleen Krull has added informative sidebars on early-20th-century, middle-class life, events of the day, famous people, and about how this real girl might have been influenced by movies, literature, and some of the more progressive women and teachers of her time. Rector succeeded in pursuing an art education at The Art Students League of New York and eventually supported her family through the Depression with a small art business she shared with her talented dress designer and seamstress mother. The diary is a wonderful snapshot of a child's life during the period coupled with fact-filled snippets detailing street life in New York, fashion, ship travel, private-school education, girls' roles in sports, and women artists of the day including Georgia O'Keeffe and Mary Cassatt. The book is printed on pale peach paper and the text is in a handwritten font. Krull has also included a brief follow-up on Rector's adult life, her marriage to Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Edward Duffy, and family photographs taken by her father. A note by the artist's granddaughter further personalizes the volume.–Rita Soltan, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0316072044
• ISBN 13: 9780316072045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Rector Anne Elizabeth