The Wump World

BillPeetwastheauthorof34bookspublishedbyHoughtonMifflin.Oneofthese,BILLPEET:ANAUTOBIOGRAPHY,wasnameda1989CaldecottHonorBook.AllofBillPeet'sbookspublishedbyHoughtonMifflinCompany,includinghisfirstbookforchildrenpublishedin1959,HUBERT'SHAIR-RAISINGADVENTURE,remainactivelyinprinttoday.Inbothhiscareerasanauthorandillustratorofchildren'sbooksandinhisworkassketchartistandcontinuityillustratoratWaltDisney,BillPeetcreatedamenagerieofmemorablecharacters.Ashehimselfnoted,"IwriteaboutanimalsbecauseIlovetodrawthem.Mostofmyanimalcharactershavehumanpersonalities,andsomearemuchlikethepeopleIknow."AtWaltDisney,whereBillPeetworkedfor27years,hewasakeyparticipantintheproductionofclassicfilmssuchasFantasia,SleepingBeauty,AliceinWonderland,PeterPan,and101Dalmatiansforwhichhewasnotonlyanartist,butthescreenwriteraswell.BillPeet'ssignaturestyleenabledhimtocreatefast-pacedstoriesoffantasticaladventuredeliveredwithwarmthandlaugh-out-loudhilarity.Hisunfailinghumordidnot,however,preventhimfromaddressingsuchpoignantissuesaskindnesstowardothersandrespectfortheenvironment.Throughtheexploitsofhischaracters,Peetofferedhisaudienceachancetoseethemselvesandtheirworldthroughneweyes."Atsomepoint,"BillPeetoncesaid,"itoccurredtomethatdrawingwassomethingIcouldn'tpossiblygiveup,andsomehowitmustbeturnedintoaprofession."Hewentontonotonlyfulfillhisdreambuttointroducegenerationsofyoungreaderstohisdelightfulvisionofhumor,friendshipandcompassion.比尔·皮特（BillPeet）是一位具有传奇色彩的著名迪斯尼故事创意人，同时也是35本童话书的作者兼插图画家。他一直作为核心人物致力于《木偶奇遇记》、《幻想曲》、《三只小猪》、《南方之歌》、《灰姑娘》、《彼得·藩》、《爱丽丝漫游仙境》、《睡美人》和《森林王子》等迪斯尼经典动画片的创作。他的第一本童书出版于1959年，销量至今仍然很好。比尔·皮特对童书的创作能力被认为能和苏斯博士及莫里斯·桑达克比肩，他们被并称为美国童书三巨头。