Natalie Babbitt
Natalie Babbitt
Natalie Babbitt is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. For her contributions as a children's writer, she was U.S. nominee for the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1982...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth28 July 1932
CityDayton, OH
CountryUnited States of America
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Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.
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I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
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My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!
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I grew up wanting only to be an illustrator. I studied art at Laurel School in Cleveland and at Smith College.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.