| Elizabeth Orton Jones |
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| jones, elizabeth orton | |
| 2005 deaths | |
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Jones' great-grandfather, Joseph Russell Jones, a friend of Abraham Lincoln, was minister to Belgium under President Grant. Her grandmother was a professional pianist and her grandfather owned a bookstore. In 1932, Jones received her Ph.B. from the University of Chicago. Afterward she spent time in France, studying at the École Des Beaux Arts in Fontainebleau, receiving a diploma in the same year. Upon returning, she presented at the Smithsonian Institution a solo display of color etchings of French children. She also spent time studying at the School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago . In the mid 1940's she visited Mason, New Hampshire and moved there soon afterward. Jones became a well respected figure in Mason, as she served to collect and preserve the history of the town in ''Mason Bicentennial, 1768-1968'' a book she edited. She was known there, not by her name, but by the name 'Twig,' the name of a character from one of her books. She died in the spring of 2005 at the age of 95. PROFESSIONAL WORK After Paris, Jones began writing and illustrating her first book, ''Ragman of Paris and His Ragamuffins'', which was based on her experiences in France. It was published in 1937. Other books followed and evidenced her experiences as well: ''Maninka's Children'' was influenced by the Bohemian girls she knew growing up. Her home in Mason served as the model for her illustrations of a publishing of '' Little Red Riding Hood '' by Golden Books from 1948 through 1979. '' Small Rain: Verses from the Bible'', a book she illustrated in 1944, was chosen as a Caldecott Honor Book, and in 1945, ''Prayer for a Child'' written by Rachel Field and illustrated by Jones, received the Caldecott Medal . Children's Books Written and Illustrated
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