When this author/illustrator moved from Honolulu to NYC hoping to become a children's book illustrator, he met: a) his future wife and b) an art director who told him his portfolio of sketches was so bad he should throw it away. He did, but then created a new collection of drawings that got him a contract with Dial Press for his first book in 1967--A Boy, A Dog and A Frog. It was wordless, as were his next several books. He went on to create over 300 books, including There's a Nightmare in My Closet and the Little Critter series. This is Mercer Mayer.
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