Arthur''s gone Camping. Violet''s camping out too, but her
friends don''t want Arthur around. So Arthur decidesto collect slimy
things he knows Violet wouldn''t like. But he doesn''t count on
slippery rocks and swooping bats, or hunger pangs. Then he smells
hot dogs roasting over a warm fire...
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Lillian Hoban May 18, 1925 – July 17, 1998 was a children''s
literature author and artist.
The youngest of three children, Hoban was born Lillian Aberman
in Philadelphia on May 18, 1925. She attended the Philadelphia
Museum School of Art, studied dance for ten years and danced with
the Martha Graham troupe, taught Modern Dance and danced
professionally in the 1950s.
Hoban learned to draw still life and began to write her own
stories only after having four children, Phoebe, Brom, Esme and
Julia. She based her tales on their experiences.
Her "I-Can-Read" books about Arthur the chimpanzee and his
little sister Violet, and the Frances the Badger books illustrated
by Hoban but written by her then-husband Russell continue to be
extremely popular among children as time goes by, widely considered
to be classics. Charlie the Tramp, about a wayward young beaver and
his family, is now unfortunately out of print. She also illustrated
the Riverside Kids series including Russell Rides Again, Elisa In
The Middle, Superduper Teddy, and Busybody Nora. The last Riverside
Kids book she illustrated is Ever-Clever Elisa.
Lillian Hoban died in 1998.