P.D. Eastman

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born

November 25, 1909 in Amherst, Massachusetts, The United States

died

January 06, 1986

gender

male

website

http://www.pdeastmanbooks.com/

genre

Children's Books

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Philip Dey "Phil" Eastman was an American screenwriter, children's author, and illustrator. As an author, he is known primarily as P. D. Eastman. A protégé of Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Eastman wrote many books for children, in his own distinct style under the Dr. Seuss brand of Random House, many of which were in the Beginner Books series.

From 1936 to 1941, Eastman worked at the story department of Walt Disney Productions. From 1941 to 1943 he worked at the story department of Warner Bros. Cartoons. From 1945 to 1952 he worked in the story department of United Productions of America. He contributed to the "Private Snafu" World War II training films, wrote for the animation Mr. Magoo, and the Gerald McBoing-Boing series for UPA.

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Books by P.D. Eastman

Average rating: 4.05 · 58,362 ratings · 1,626 reviews · 24 distinct works

	Are You My Mother? 4.06 avg rating — 35,312 ratings — published 1960 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Go, Dog. Go! 3.99 avg rating — 15,797 ratings — published 1961 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Best Nest 4.06 avg rating — 2,003 ratings — published 1968 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Sam and the Firefly 4.08 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 1958 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Big Dog...Little Dog 3.97 avg rating — 689 ratings — published 1973 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Flap Your Wings 4.16 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 1969 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Alphabet Book (Bright & Early Board Books) 3.76 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books) 4.40 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1964 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Red, Stop! Green, Go!: An Interactive Book of Colors (Bright & Early Playtime Books) 3.84 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Sam and Gus Light Up the Night! (Bright & Early Playtime Books) 4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2004	My rating:

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Everything Happens to Aaron (2 books)
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Quotes by P.D. Eastman

“You are not my mother. You are a scary Snort!”
― P.D. Eastman, Are You My Mother?

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“It's a party. A big Dog Party.”
― P.D. Eastman

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