Adrienne Adams, born on February 8th, 1906, was a dedicated illustrator, rising at 5 am to paint before she went off to her job as a teacher. Even when she became a full time illustrator in 1952, she still kept up that early morning schedule.

Titles such as Caldecott runner-up Houses from the Sun (1962), The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up (1962), and A Woggle of Witches (1971) are only a few of the 30 plus books to her credit. She painted in full color using tempera, gouache, watercolor, or crayon.

Ms. Adams passed away on December 3, 2002.

—Heidi Grosch