Beloved illustrator J. P. Miller's graphic, colorful farm animals seem to jump right off the page--but they aren't jumping to help the Little Red Hen plant her wheat Young children will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this funny, favorite folktale.
James Pinckney Miller was born on December 18, 1919 in Texas. He was a notable playwright during the Golden Age of Television, earning three Emmy nominations. He became a novelist and screenwriter and was known for Days of Wine and Roses. While attending Rice University in the late 1930s, he became a reporter for the Houston Post. After graduating from Rice in 1941, he traveled to Mexico as a feature writer. He later returned to Texas where he received a draft notice. He served in the Navy in the South Pacific as a gunnery officer earnig a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. After WWII, he studied writing and acting at the Yale Drama School. Miller's first script for television was The Polecat Shakedown, a 30-minute drama for Man Against Crime about a man who blackmailed restaurants by injecting a foul-smelling substance into eggs. When an egg was cracked, customers fled, and the villain demanded cash to prevent future incidents. By 1954 he had five plays produced on television. His next success occurred on February 13, 1955 with The Rabbit Trap. Miller's teleplays were staged on Kraft Television Theatre and The Philco Television Playhouse. Miller received the most acclaim for Days of Wine and Roses, which was prompted by his notion to dramatize Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.The drama was telecast October 2, 1958. In addition to poetry and short stories, Miller wrote four novels. The Race for Home, Surviving Joy, Liv and The Skook. At the age of 81, Miller died oof pneumonia on November 1, 2001.
Diane Muldrow received Bachelor's degrees in Fine Arts (Dance) and in Magazine Journalism, from Ohio University. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, she was a dancer, actress, and spoken-word performer in New York. She has worked in publishing for over twenty-five years and is currently an editorial director at Golden Books/Random House and the editor of Little Golden Books. She is also the author of several book including the middle-grade series Dish, the picture book We Planted a Tree illustrated by Bob Staake, Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book, Everything I Need to Know about Christmas I Learned from a Little Golden Book and Everything I Need to Know about Love I Learned from a Little Golden Book.
Beloved illustrator J. P. Miller's graphic, colorful farm animals seem to jump right off the page--but they aren't jumping to help the Little Red Hen plant her wheat Young children will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this funny, favorite folktale.
James Pinckney Miller was born on December 18, 1919 in Texas. He was a notable playwright during the Golden Age of Television, earning three Emmy nominations. He became a novelist and screenwriter and was known for Days of Wine and Roses. While attending Rice University in the late 1930s, he became a reporter for the Houston Post. After graduating from Rice in 1941, he traveled to Mexico as a feature writer. He later returned to Texas where he received a draft notice. He served in the Navy in the South Pacific as a gunnery officer earnig a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. After WWII, he studied writing and acting at the Yale Drama School. Miller's first script for television was The Polecat Shakedown, a 30-minute drama for Man Against Crime about a man who blackmailed restaurants by injecting a foul-smelling substance into eggs. When an egg was cracked, customers fled, and the villain demanded cash to prevent future incidents. By 1954 he had five plays produced on television. His next success occurred on February 13, 1955 with The Rabbit Trap. Miller's teleplays were staged on Kraft Television Theatre and The Philco Television Playhouse. Miller received the most acclaim for Days of Wine and Roses, which was prompted by his notion to dramatize Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.The drama was telecast October 2, 1958. In addition to poetry and short stories, Miller wrote four novels. The Race for Home, Surviving Joy, Liv and The Skook. At the age of 81, Miller died oof pneumonia on November 1, 2001.
Diane Muldrow received Bachelor's degrees in Fine Arts (Dance) and in Magazine Journalism, from Ohio University. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, she was a dancer, actress, and spoken-word performer in New York. She has worked in publishing for over twenty-five years and is currently an editorial director at Golden Books/Random House and the editor of Little Golden Books. She is also the author of several book including the middle-grade series Dish, the picture book We Planted a Tree illustrated by Bob Staake, Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book, Everything I Need to Know about Christmas I Learned from a Little Golden Book and Everything I Need to Know about Love I Learned from a Little Golden Book.
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