Mercer Mayer, American children’s writer and illustrator, was born on Dec. 30, 1943 in Little Rock, Ark. Mayer and his family moved often as his father was in the Navy
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Mercer Mayer, American children’s writer and illustrator, was born on Dec. 30, 1943 in Little Rock, Ark. Mayer and his family moved often as his father was in the Navy but they finally settled in Hawaii where he graduated from high school in 1961. He attended the Honolulu Academy of Art and then moved to New York in 1964 to attend the Art Students League. Shortly after, he met artist Marianna who became his first wife. In 1967 Mayer had his first wordless picture book, “A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog” published. He has published many children’s books but is most noted for his two Little Golden Book series “Little Critter” and “Little Monster.” After three wives and five children, Mayer and his family now live in Roxbury, Conn. We have several of Mayer’s (B-2) books at the library including: Going to the Firehouse; Just a Dump Truck; A Monster Followed Me to School; There’s a Nightmare in My Closet; What a Bad Dream; plus, others. January 2020 themes from the library calendar include: International Creativity Month; Get Organized Month; National Mentoring Month and Brainteaser Month. Books added to our shelves this week include: (F) Smoke Screen by Terri Blackstock; The Christmas Boutique by Jennifer Chiaverini; When We Were Young by Karen Kingsbury; Spy by Danielle Steel; (MF) Beating About the Bush by M. C. Beaton; Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich; Guilty not Guilty by Felix Francis; (SF) Fire Sail by Piers Anthony and (RF) The Rise of Magicks by Nora Roberts. We wish all of our friends and patrons a Happy New Year!
