Wallace Tripp | |
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 Tripp pencil sketch | |
| Born | Wallace Whitney Tripp June 26, 1940 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | September 9, 2018 (aged 78) Francestown, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Occupation | Illustrator, writer, anthologist |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Notable awards | Boston Globe–Horn Book Award 1977 |
| Website | |
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Wallace Whitney Tripp (June 26, 1940 – September 9, 2018) was an American illustrator, anthologist and author. He was known for creating anthropomorphic animal characters of emotional complexity and for his great visual and verbal humor. He was one of several illustrators of the Amelia Bedelia series of children's stories. He has illustrated over 40 books, including Marguerite, Go Wash Your Feet (1985), Wallace Tripp's Wurst Seller (1981), Casey at the Bat (1978) and A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me (1973). Tripp also drew many greeting cards for the Pawprints line.