# Myrtle Sheldon

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'''Myrtle Sheldon''' (19 January 1893 – 24 November 1939) was an American [illustrator](/source/illustrator) of children’s books.

Sheldon was born in Menomonee, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States and died in Cold Spring, New York. She was married to Fridolin Joseph Blumer. Her mother was Estelle Keeler, and her father was J. B. Sheldon.<ref name="LC info">{{cite web |last1=Sheldon |first1=Myrtle |title=LC Catalog - Browse |url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=Sheldon,%20Myrtle,%201893-&searchCode=NAME%2B&searchType=1&recCount=25 |website=catalog.loc.gov |accessdate=8 June 2020}}</ref> She illustrated many children's books, some without attribution at the time of publication. Those publicly credited include ''[A Child's Garden of Verses](/source/A_Child's_Garden_of_Verses)'' by [Robert Louis Stevenson](/source/Robert_Louis_Stevenson), [Ellen Tarry](/source/Ellen_Tarry)'s ''Janie Belle'',  and the 1932 [Newbery Honor](/source/Newbery_Medal)-winning children's book ''[Boy of the South Seas](/source/Boy_of_the_South_Seas)'' by [Eunice Tietjens](/source/Eunice_Tietjens). Tarry’s work was particularly notable, as  ''Janie Belle'' was one of the first children’s picture books with an African-American author published in the United States.<ref name=Tarry/>

Actress [Kathy Bates](/source/Kathy_Bates) listed the Stevenson book as one of her favorites and lauded Sheldon's drawings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kathy Bates's Favorite Books of All-Time |url=https://lvccld.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1147440827/1283077587 |accessdate=14 June 2020}}</ref>

==Works==
Works illustrated by Sheldon include:

*''[The Little Lame Prince](/source/The_Little_Lame_Prince)'' (1910 edition) by [Dinah Maria Mulock Craik](/source/Dinah_Maria_Mulock_Craik) and Myrtle Sheldon.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Craik |first1=Dinah Maria Mulock |last2=Sheldon |first2=Myrtle |title=The little lame prince |date=1910 |publisher=M.A. Donohue |oclc=24870253 |language=English}}</ref>
*''[A Child's Garden of Verses](/source/A_Child's_Garden_of_Verses)'' (1916) by [Robert Louis Stevenson](/source/Robert_Louis_Stevenson)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stevenson |first1=Robert Louis |title=A Child's Garden of Verses |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19722/19722-h/19722-h.htm |website=www.gutenberg.org |publisher=The Project Gutenberg eBook |accessdate=14 June 2020}}</ref> [M.A. Donohue & Co.](/source/M.A._Donohue_%26_Co.)
*''[Boy of the South Seas](/source/Boy_of_the_South_Seas)'' (1931) by [Eunice Tietjens](/source/Eunice_Tietjens). Received the [Newbery Honor](/source/Newbery_Medal) in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present  | publisher = [American Library Association](/source/American_Library_Association)  | date =  | url = http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm | format =  | doi =  | accessdate =2009-12-30 }}</ref>
*''Jerry Todd's Up-The-Ladder Club'' (1937) and ''Jerry Todd's Poodle Parlor'' (1938) both by [Leo Edwards](/source/Leo_Edwards)
*''Mary and Marie'' (1938) by [Helen Valentine](/source/Helen_Valentine)
*''Harry, the Horse'' (1939) by Joan Mosely
*''[We Call it Human Nature](/source/We_Call_it_Human_Nature)'' (1939) by [Paul Grabbe](/source/Paul_Grabbe)<ref name=copy>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vn5bAAAAIAAJ&q=%22myrtle+sheldon%22&pg=PA97|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [A] Group 1. Books. New Series |publisher=[United States Copyright Office](/source/United_States_Copyright_Office) |page=2078|date=December 5, 1941|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''Ginger Blue'' (1940) by [Charles Morrow Wilson](/source/Charles_Morrow_Wilson)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vn5bAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA237 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [A] Group 1. Books. New Series |publisher=[United States Copyright Office](/source/United_States_Copyright_Office) |page=5361 |year=1941 |access-date=2020-06-07 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''Janie Belle'' (1940) by [Ellen Tarry](/source/Ellen_Tarry)<ref name=Tarry>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cKODBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA150 |title=The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman |first=Ellen |last=Tarry |author-link=Ellen Tarry |publisher=[University of Alabama Press](/source/University_of_Alabama_Press) |isbn=9780817305796 |pages=150–151 |date=1992-04-30 |access-date=2020-06-07 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

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