We are saddened to announce the passing of Trina Schart Hyman on November 19th, 2004. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.   

Trina was born on April 8, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Margaret Doris Bruck and Albert H. Schart. She grew up in a rural area of Pennsylvania learning to read and draw at an early age. She credits her mother for instilling in her the joy of books by reading to her from the time she was an infant. She spent a whole year wearing a red satin cape that her mother had made for her because her favorite story was Little Red Riding Hood. 

“I figured out at four years old that somebody had made the pictures in my books and though I didn’t know what these people were called, I knew I wanted to be a book illustrator. . . . I began to make books from my own stories and drew pictures to illustrate them. “

Trina Schart Hyman has been illustrating children’s books for over thirty years.  She received the Caldecott Medal for Saint George and the Dragon and has twice been awarded Caldecott Honors.

Below is a selection of original watercolors.
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