Valley News – Newspaper of the Upper Valley is one of the only newspapers online right now that is running the news of Trina Schart Hyman’s death at age 65. She passed away from recurring cancer. Trina Shart Hyman won the Caldecott Medal for Saint George and the Dragon and has received the Caldecott Honor Award twice. Her illustrations are vivid, evocative, and magical.
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Waking Brain Cells 
This was a real surprise. My first thought was I never got to tell her how much I love her art. She was one of those people who one day I would sit down and tell her how much her art means to me. I got interested in children’s books when I had my first child. Many of her books are my chosen favorites. One in particular I love is the one about the mom giving up smoking and the little girl giving up her blankie. Posted on my board where I see it every time I leave my room is a self-portrait greeting card of her sitting at a desk/table with all her inspirations around her and her cat. There is a lesson for me in her passing. I will look at the greeting card a little longer next time. In my world she was the best and will be missed.
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As a new teacher in the seventies, the school librarian handed me several books to read to my children. I fell in love with Magic in the Mist by Kimmel because of Ms. Hyman’s illustrations. After that, I made sure that my classroom was filled with the books she illustrated. I even used just a picture from her books for creative writing. The literary world has lost a great talent.
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Does anyone know where I could get any more of her wonderful art in the form of greeting cards ? I used to buy them to give away, and now I am so sorry I did not save an extra copy of each card of hers that I purchased for myself !
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