In younger years, there were two animated works I'd considered of greatest inspiration. One was The Secret of NIMH - it had not only incredible craftsmanship, but it had a soul and a message. Animating isn't just flipping one frame to another, it's the talent of bringing life to something that wasn't there before. The other work is one I've mentioned only on scarce occasion, but is no less deserving.

Ted grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. Encouraged to draw by his father, and shown very old books that combined simple poetic rhythm with the building of personal virtue, this with the rest of his childhood would have vigorous influence to his later work. Graduating from Dartmouth, he eventually left Oxford to pursue a drawing career through the encouragement of Soon-To-Be spouse Helen Palmer. With a spark of success in the advertisement field, he eventually tackled the world of political cartooning during WWII, and in the 1950s began to write children's books not unlike ones he grew up with. His work eventually grew the eye of animation guru Chuck Jones, who directed a few of many animated shorts of his books - the ones that stuck with me. So, can you guess which book collection turned toon grew to preposterous heights?



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