Edward Frascino is an American illustrator and author. He is perhaps best known for his illustrations in E.B. White's The Trumpet of the Swan.[1]

Biography

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Frascino is the son of Mario and Rose Frascino. He is of Albanian and Italian descent.

He attended Parsons School of Design. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1951 to 1953.[1]

His cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker in a regular series as well as in Punch, Saturday Review, and The New York Times.[1]

Selected works

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As author and illustrator

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  • Eddie Spaghetti. HarperCollins. 1978. ISBN 9780060219086.[2][3]
  • Eddie Spaghetti on the Homefront. HarperCollins. 1983. ISBN 9780060218942.[4]
  • My Cousin the King. Prentice Hall. 1985. ISBN 9780136084235.
  • Nanny Noony and the Magic Spell. Pippin Press. 1988. ISBN 9780945912002.[5]
  • Nanny Noony and the Dust Queen. Pippin Press. 1990. ISBN 9780945912095.

As author

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  • Mudibo Piwang, Catherine; Frascino, Edward (2000). Visit from the Leopard: Memories of a Ugandan Childhood. Illustrated by James Roberts. Pippin Press. ISBN 9780945912279.

As illustrator

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As contributor

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Other

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Edward Frascino". Contemporary Authors. 2011-06-09 – via Gale.
  2. ^ Holtze, Sally Holmes (1983). Fifth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators. H.W. Wilson Company. ISBN 978-0-8242-0694-9.
  3. ^ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. ^ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  5. ^ "Children's Book Review: Nanny Noony and the Magic Spell by Edward Frascino, Author Pippin Press $13.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-945912-00-2". PublishersWeekly.com. January 1988. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  6. ^ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2020-04-04.

Further reading

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Frascino, Edward (1990). Nakamura, Joyce (ed.). "Autobiography Series". Something About the Author – via Gale.