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Martha Alexander

Martha Alexander is an author and illustrator who was born in Augusta, Georgia, on May 25, 1920. She attended the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts in Ohio from 1938 through 1942. Her marriage to Willson Stamper ended in divorce in 1959. Ms. Alexander, the creator of so many humorous children in literature, is the mother of two—a girl, Kim, and a boy, Allen.
Martha Alexander is the embodiment of the person who marches to the beat of a different drummer.
It is this same determination that has made her so successful in publishing. Her first published illustrative work was not for children, but for adults, drawing cosmetics for magazines. When she made the discovery that she was not going to get rich by drawing makeup, she decided she may as well draw something she would like to. And if she became rich in the process, so much the better. Her economic status aside, Martha has decidedly enriched the children's book field with her characteristically small-format books such as the Blackboard Bear series, among others.
(adapted from Jim Roginski's "Behind The Covers")

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Born 25 May 1920
Died 2006

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  • Cover of: Blackboard bear: four little stories.

    Cover of edition blackboardbear00mart First published in 1979 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: I sure am glad to see you, Blackboard Bear: story and pictures

    Cover of edition isureamgladtosee00alex_0 First published in 1976 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: And my mean old mother will be sorry, Blackboard Bear.

    First published in 1972 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1969 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: We're in big trouble, Blackboard Bear

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  • Cover of: I'll Protect You from the Jungle Beasts

    First published in 1980 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1977 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: We Never Do Anything

    First published in 1970 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Pigs say oink: a first book of sounds

    First published in 1978 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1954 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Even that moose won't listen to me

    First published in 1992 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Four Bears in a Box

    First published in 1981 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: I'll Be the Horse

    First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: You're a genius, Blackboard Bear

    First published in 1995 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: La bota de Lalo

    First published in 1993 — 2 editions
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Born 25 May 1920
Died 2006

Subjects

Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Brothers and sisters, Bears, Anthony (Fictitious character : Alexander), Bears, fiction, Blackboard Bear (Fictitious character), Brothers and sisters, fiction, Picture books, Boys, fiction, Play, Stories without words, Toys, Infants, fiction, Runaways, Sharing, Space flight, fiction, Toy and movable books, Toys, fiction, Alphabet, Children's songs, Children's stories, Fantasy fiction, Imaginary playmates

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Moon, Romania

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ID Numbers

  • OLID: OL2288801A

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Alternative names

  • Martha G. Alexander
  • MARTHA ALEXANDER

History

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April 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add death date from UConn archives description
November 11, 2010 Edited by Jorge Reinaldo Galindo new bio
November 10, 2010 Edited by George merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import