Two of my very favorite authors/illustrators are Erik & Lenore Blegvad. The Harper Collins website says about Erik: "Erik Blegvad is the distinguished illustrator of over a hundred books for children. He divides his time between London and Vermont." His wife, Lenore, "... was born in New York City and received her B.A. degree from Vassar College. She went to Paris to study painting, and there she met and married Danish artist Erik Blegvad. Dividing her time between painting and writing, Lenore is the author of a dozen books for children, including Anna Banana and Me, Rainy Day Kate, and A Sound of Leaves, all illustrated by Erik Blegvad, as well as Once Upon a Time and Grandma, which she both wrote and illustrated, " says the Simonsays website, with a photo of them, too!

I have some of their books, two of our favorites are Burnie's Hill and This is Me. Burnie's Hill (shown here with our very old board book "This is Me"- well-handled by children for over 20 years)

and an inside illustration of Burnie's Hill-

- a beautifully written traditional rhyme that all our children memorized at an early age, and now our grandhildren are!

And the chubby little board book, This is Me, is a delightful little book for toddlers- written by Lenore, and illustrated by Erik. I finally found a used one that wasn't as well-used as ours, and our 2 year old granddaughter keeps it at her home.