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On sail at the Frugal Frigate
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Redlands Daily Facts
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July 5, 2008
- Author:
- Brad L. Hundman
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The year was 1937 and Margret and H.A. Rey were yet to have their
books published that later made them a household name.
In that same year Hans Rey "was working in the Brazilian Pavilion
at the Paris World's Fair. He was stationed across from a penguin
exhibit, and he took great delight in drawing these fanciful
creatures and creating characters out of them."
From those drawings, and with a healthy dose of imagination, came
a book that few of us have ever heard of, "Whiteblack the Penguin
Sees the World." Part of the reason for not knowing this book is
that it sat unpublished for more than 60 years.
Three years after writing and illustrating "Whiteblack," Margret
and Hans Rey were ...