Paul Galdone was a children's literature author and illustrator. He was born in Budapest

Budapest

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 and he emigrated to the United States in 1921. He studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design. He served for the US Army during world War II.

He illustrated nearly all of Eve Titus

Eve Titus

Eve Titus was a children's author most famous for her books featuring anthropomorphic mice.Her most famous characters include Anatole, a heroic and resourceful French mouse and Basil of Baker Street, a Victorian age mouse private detective who emulates Sherlock Holmes...

' books including, Basil of Baker Street

Basil of Baker Street

Basil of Baker Street is a children's book series created by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. The stories focus on Basil of Baker Street and his personal biographer Doctor David Q. Dawson. Together they solve the many crimes and cases of the mouse world...

 series which was translated to the screen in the animated Disney film, The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective

The Great Mouse Detective is a 1986 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, originally released to movie theaters on July 2, 1986 by Walt Disney Pictures...

.

Galdone and Titus were nominated for Caldecott Medals for Anatole

Anatole (mouse)

Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone.Anatole is a mouse who lives in an un-named 'mouse village' outside the French city of Paris, commuting by bicycle who was foraging for food when he overheard some humans complaining...

 (1957) and Anatole and the Cat (1958).. The titles were later named Caldecott Honor books in 1971.

He died of a heart attack in Nyack, New York. He was posthumously awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contribution to children's literature. His retellings of classic tales like The Little Red Hen

The Little Red Hen

The Little Red Hen is an old folk tale, most likely of Russian origin. The best known version in the United States is that popularized by Little Golden Books, a series of children's books published for the mass market since the 1940s. The story is applied in teaching children the virtues of the...

 or Three Billy Goats Gruff

Three Billy Goats Gruff

Three Billy Goats Gruff is a Norwegian fairy tale. The fairy tale was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr, first published between 1841 and 1844...

 have become staples.

Selected bibliography

Year	Title	Contribution	| Notes
1952	Space Cat	Illustrated	Authored by Ruthven Todd Ruthven Todd Ruthven Campbell Todd was a Scottish poet, artist and novelist, best known as an editor of the works of William Blake. He wrote also under the pseudonym R. T. Campbell.-Background:...
1956	Anatole Anatole (mouse) Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone.Anatole is a mouse who lives in an un-named 'mouse village' outside the French city of Paris, commuting by bicycle who was foraging for food when he overheard some humans complaining...	Illustrated	Authored by Eve Titus Eve Titus Eve Titus was a children's author most famous for her books featuring anthropomorphic mice.Her most famous characters include Anatole, a heroic and resourceful French mouse and Basil of Baker Street, a Victorian age mouse private detective who emulates Sherlock Holmes...
1957	Anatole Anatole (mouse) Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone.Anatole is a mouse who lives in an un-named 'mouse village' outside the French city of Paris, commuting by bicycle who was foraging for food when he overheard some humans complaining...  and the Cat	Illustrated	Authored by Eve Titus Eve Titus Eve Titus was a children's author most famous for her books featuring anthropomorphic mice.Her most famous characters include Anatole, a heroic and resourceful French mouse and Basil of Baker Street, a Victorian age mouse private detective who emulates Sherlock Holmes...
1958	Basil of Baker Street Basil of Baker Street Basil of Baker Street is a children's book series created by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. The stories focus on Basil of Baker Street and his personal biographer Doctor David Q. Dawson. Together they solve the many crimes and cases of the mouse world...	Illustrated	Authored by Eve Titus Eve Titus Eve Titus was a children's author most famous for her books featuring anthropomorphic mice.Her most famous characters include Anatole, a heroic and resourceful French mouse and Basil of Baker Street, a Victorian age mouse private detective who emulates Sherlock Holmes...
1963	The Blind Men and the Elephant	Illustrated	Authored by John Godfrey Saxe John Godfrey Saxe John Godfrey Saxe I was an American poet perhaps best known for his re-telling of the Indian parable "The Blindmen and the Elephant", which introduced the story to a Western audience.-Biography:... , based on the Indian story, Blind men and an elephant Blind Men and an Elephant The story of the blind men and an elephant originated in India from where it is widely diffused. It has been used to illustrate a range of truths and fallacies... .
1963	Paul Revere's Ride	Illustrated	Words from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline... 's poem, Paul Revere's Ride Paul Revere's Ride (poem) "Paul Revere's Ride" is a poem by an American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that commemorates the actions of American patriot Paul Revere on April 18, 1775.-Overview:... .
1968	Henny Penny	Illustrated & Adapted	Based on the Henny Penny fable.
1969	The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale from India	Authored & Illustrated	Based on one of the Jataka tales.
1971	Three Aesop Fox Fables	Illustrated & Adapted	Based on the stories Aesop's Fables Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...  by Aesop Aesop Aesop was a Greek writer credited with a number of popular fables. Older spellings of his name have included Esop and Isope. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a... .
1973	The Little Red Hen	Illustrated & Adapted	Based on The Little Red Hen The Little Red Hen The Little Red Hen is an old folk tale, most likely of Russian origin. The best known version in the United States is that popularized by Little Golden Books, a series of children's books published for the mass market since the 1940s. The story is applied in teaching children the virtues of the...  folktale.
1973	Three Billy Goats Gruff	Illustrated & Adapted	Based on the Norwegian fairytale Three Billy Goats Gruff Three Billy Goats Gruff Three Billy Goats Gruff is a Norwegian fairy tale. The fairy tale was collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr, first published between 1841 and 1844... .
1976	Puss in Boots	Illustrated & Adapted	Based on the French fairytale by Charles Perrault Charles Perrault Charles Perrault was a French author who laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale, with his works derived from pre-existing folk tales. The best known include Le Petit Chaperon rouge , Cendrillon , Le Chat Botté and La Barbe bleue... , Puss in Boots Puss in Boots 'Puss' is a character in the fairy tale "The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots" by Charles Perrault. The tale was published in 1697 in his Histoires ou Contes du temps passé... .
1979	The Gingerbread Boy	Illustrated & Adapted	Based on the American fairytale The Gingerbread Boy.
1983	The Greedy Old Fat Man	Authored & Illustrated

External links

• Paul Caldone Collection University of Connecticut. Contains a comprehensive list of works.
• The Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota holds examples of his original art.