Margaret Evans Price 1888-1973 was a children's book illustrator and author. She was born in Chicago, but her family soon moved to Nova Scotia and then settled on the east coast, Massachusetts and later New York. It is interesting that her talents were discovered early. Her first illustrated story was sold to the Boston Journal when she was just 12. Her studies took her to the Boston Academy of Fine Arts and Paris.
Another interesting point in the life of Price, is that she was married to Irving Price who was the cofounder of Fisher Price Toy Company along with Herman Fisher.
Here are some nice images from The Real Story Book, published in 1927. I like this book because it has many lesser known stories, such as How the Sea Became Salt, The Seven Wonderful Cats, and Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar.
You say that she was a prolific illustrator but don't back up your statement with any facts
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Delete"And from the Meibohm Fine Arts website which has an informative timeline of Price's life:
Margaret wrote and illustrated numerous childrens books, and or collaborated on many others such as: Angora Twinnies (author & illustrator, 1915), The Manger Babe (illustrator, 1916), Land Of Nod (author & illustrator, 1916), Hansel & Gretel (author & illustrator, 1916), The Night Before Christmas (illustrator, 1917), Once Upon A Time: A Book Of Old-Time Fairy Tales (author & illustrator, 1921), Enchantment Tales For Children (author & illustrator, 1926), Legends of the Seven Seas childrens book (author & illustrator, 1929), A Treasure Chest of Nursery Favorites (collaborated illustrator, 1936), Myths and Enchantment, childrens book collection of twenty Greek and Roman myths (author & illustrator, 1954-58), Mirage, a novel of the first Florida colonies (author & illustrator, 1955), to name just a few."
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