Bill Peet Professions : Illustrator Born : January 29, 1915 Died : May 11, 2002 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Bill Peet I am an author-illustrator of children's books - and yet - I must confess I don't do the books for the kids. When I'm working on a book I'm somewhere else - at the circus - or a rustic old farm - or deep in a forest - with no thought of who might read the book or what age group it would appeal to. I write them so I can illustrate them. Bill Peet writing book children I do recall how I got the ideas for some of my books. Many of them are a result of doodling. Bill Peet doodling book ideas Animal personalities have always intrigued me, the desire to find out more about them made a reader out of me. Bill Peet personality desire animal I always begin my stories as experiments - on large yellow tablets - a mixture of writing and sketching. Bill Peet sketching writing yellow Similar Authors Brian Froud illustrator Brian Selznick illustrator Arnold Friberg illustrator Arthur Rackham illustrator Alexander Anderson illustrator Alan Lee illustrator All Authors
