![]() ![]() The book There"s a Nightmare in My Closet drew on Mayer"s childhood fears of monsters in his room at night. He also produced If I Had a Gorilla about the advantages of ape ownership. ![]() Mayer was one of the first illustrators to be credited for using this format.įive more books in this series were to follow. lieutenant was notable for being a completely wordless picture book-one that tells its story entirely through the use of pictures. Mayer published his first book, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, at Dial Press in 1967. These new sketches persuaded editors at Dial Press and Harper & Row to give him some illustration work. ![]() During his spare time from his job at an advertising agency, the artist created a completely new portfolio. He also met an art director who told Mayer that his portfolio was so bad that he needed to throw it away. Though his professors feared the young artist would never be good enough to make a living as an illustrator, Mayer was not dissuaded. To that end, he created a portfolio of sketches and peddled them wherever he could. Mayer is best known for his "" and "" series of books While attending school at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Mayer decided to enter the field of children"s book illustration. He has published over 300 books using a wide range of illustrative styles. Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America ![]()
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