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To add to their concerns,
Maurice himself was sickly as a child. His mother worried
constantly about his health and safety. You will see that most
of his books have a moon somewhere in the picture watching
over the scene. The moon is his mother peaking out the window
at him when he was a child to be sure that he was alright! He
began his work as an illustrator while he was still in high
school.
He helped in drawing the pictures from the comic strip,
Mutt and Jeff into comic books. He went to art school at
the Art Students' League to continue his education. He
co-authored his very first published book, Atomics for the
Millions which was published in 1947. He was just nineteen
years old! Since then he has given us many, many wonderful
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