As a child, this Long Island author/illustrator drew on every piece of paper she could find. She enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City at age 18, where she met and married Swedish artist Karl Larsson. Their daughter Hilma's experiences as a child exploring the city led to her 1929 book All Around the Town, and family pets were featured in her series of books about Angus, a curious young dog. While writing Angus and the Ducks she learned about Peking ducks along the Yangtzee River. She chose not to illustrate The Story About Ping and instead asked an artist who had lived in China to create the pictures of the young duck and his adventures. This book is still popular today and remains her greatest contribution to children's literature. This is Marjorie Flack.
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