![]() ![]() The best way to get this cooperation was to become the author myself." He would later write: "I started to write my own books because it seemed to me that there was seldom enough cooperation between author and illustrator. He wrote his first book, Greenhead, in 1954. The character of Huggins was called a "modern Tom Sawyer" in the 1950s. He was assigned to Beverly Cleary's first book, Henry Huggins, in 1950, which began his best-known association he would illustrate most of Cleary's books until his death. Subsequently, he began illustrating, and then writing, children's books, mostly for Morrow. ![]() Īlso in 1946, Darling was hired by William Morrow and Company to illustrate Roderick Haig-Brown's book A River Never Sleeps. His mother-in-law, Grace, was a painter as well. They would remain married until his death, and frequently collaborated on both writing and illustration. ![]() He married zoologist and artist Lois MacIntyre in 1946. He served in the Air Force as a photographer for four years. After graduation and two years of private study, he worked at an agency for a time before enlisting in the Army Air Force in 1942. ![]() He attended the Grand Central School of Art in New York City. He and his wife Lois provided illustrations for the first edition of Silent Spring.ĭarling was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and would live in Connecticut for most of his life. (Ap– January 21, 1970) was an American illustrator, writer, and environmentalist, best known for illustrating the Henry Huggins series and other children's books written by Beverly Cleary. ![]()
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