Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
Howard Pyle
Born: March 5, 1853
Died: November 9, 1911 (aged 58)
Bio: Howard Pyle was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy.
Known for:
- The merry adventures of Robin Hood (1883)
- Howard Pyle's Book Of Pirates
- Otto of the Silver Hand (1888)
- The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
- Men of Iron (1891)