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Kay Thompson

Kay Thompson

Kay Thompson (1909-1998) was a singer, dancer, vocal arranger, and coach of many MGM musicals in the 1940s. The Eloise character grew out of the voice of a precocious six-year-old that Miss Thompson put on to amuse her friends. Collaborating with Hilary Knight on what was an immediate bestseller, Kay Thompson became a literary sensation when Eloise was published in 1955. The book has sold more than two million copies to date. Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight created four more Eloise books, Eloise in Paris, Eloise at Christmas, Eloise in Moscow, and Eloise Takes a Bawth.

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Authors on the Web

Author E. Annie Proulx papers and "Eloise" illustrations donated to New York Public Library
DCExaminer.com, November 3, 2009
...with other early drawings and research and publicity materials. Knight, 83, worked on the 'Eloise' books with author Kay Thompson, who died in 1998...
E. Annie Proulx papers and 'Eloise' illustrations donated to New York library
Y108 Rocks, November 2, 2009
...with other early drawings and research and publicity materials. Knight, 83, worked on the 'Eloise' books with author Kay Thompson, who died in 1998. Content Provided By Canadian Press...
'Brokeback Mountain' Author's Papers To NY Library
CBS 11 News, November 2, 2009
...with other early drawings and research and publicity materials. Knight, 83, worked on the 'Eloise' books with author Kay Thompson, who died in 1998. ___ On the Net: http://www.nypl.org...
Hey Hollywood! Put these books on the big screen
New York Daily News, October 24, 2009
...Credit: Published: 10/18/2009 18:46:26 Miley Cyrus and all those spunky Disney heroines have 'Eloise' to thank. Kay Thompson's 1955 character - okay, she was younger, and brattier - paved the way for little girls to be divas, to say nothing of stars. In...
City Room | On the Records: A Library?s Approach to Books That Offend
New York Times, August 19, 2009
...found 102 formal challenges in 43 school districts during the 2007-8 school year. Twenty-seven books were banned, including Kay Thompson?s ?Eloise in Paris,?? whose heroine visits a museum with nude artwork. Restrictions were imposed on 29 more...
When a Book Offends a Library Patron
New York Times, August 19, 2009
...found 102 formal challenges in 43 school districts during the 2007-8 school year. Twenty-seven books were banned, including Kay Thompson?s ?Eloise in Paris,?? whose heroine visits a museum with nude artwork. Restrictions were imposed on 29 more...
A Library's Approach to Books That Offend
New York Times, August 19, 2009
...found 102 formal challenges in 43 school districts during the 2007-8 school year. Twenty-seven books were banned, including Kay Thompson?s ?Eloise in Paris,?? whose heroine visits a museum with nude artwork. Restrictions were imposed on 29 more...
A-E Twentieth Century Children's Literature
Suite101.com, June 27, 2009
...of children?s poems tell the unusual behavior of a series of animals. E ? Eloise (1955) by Kay Thompson Eloise is a mischievous small child, who resides in the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The series of books, famously illustrated by Hilary Knight,...
Be Happy at JPS
Fwweekly, May 27, 2009
...movies, magazines, and computers will still be available some of the time. Unfortunately, not on Fridays or Sundays. Kay Thompson Fields Fort Worth Zoo-Shine To the editor: Jeff Prince's Metropolis story 'Sunshine for the Zoo,' (May 20, 2009) ought to...
Laurence Llewelyn Bowen: My six best books
Daily Express, May 27, 2009
...lady ambassador at the embassy in Paris. Its frothy, aspirational, highly amusing upper-class fiction. Eloise in Moscow by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight Out of print A series of books, again written in the Fifties, all about a poor little rich girl who...
Eloise Skibbles Her Way to Africa in New Animated DVD Movie
Yahoo! Canada, February 11, 2009
...the studio producing the film. One of the true classics of children's literature, Eloise was written by Kay Thompson and featured the iconic illustrations of Hilary Knight. The first book of the series was published in 1955 and four more have followed as...
Funny Face - Paramount Centennial Collection
Monsters and Critics, January 21, 2009
...all these years after her death. She shines, Fred dances, but they?re all upstaged by the exuberant Kay Thompson in this humorous look at the fashion industry. Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson) is the owner of the fashion magazine Quality. She?s come up...
New books at area libraries
Montgomery Advertiser, November 30, 2008
...by Laura Jen­sen 'Rare Imperial Glass Patterns' by Myrna Garrison 'Art And Technique Of Sumie Japanese Ink-Painting' by Kay Thompson 'Sacred Christmas Music' by Ronald Clancy 'Samurai Swordsman' by Ste­phen Turnbull Adult fiction 'Divine Justice' by...
Who's RAD? Sally Rippin!
The Book Muncher, September 1, 2009
...Everybody give a warm welcome to author and illustrator Sally Rippin whose novel Chenxi and the Foreigner based on her own experiences in Shanghai. _________________________________________________________________ Random Q&A: What’s the most...
Does Your Library Censor Books?
Diary of a Nudist, August 19, 2009
...found 102 formal challenges in 43 school districts during the 2007-8 school year. Twenty-seven books were banned, including Kay Thompson’s “Eloise in Paris,’’ whose heroine visits a museum with nude artwork...
Early chapter books with strong female protagonists
blue milk, April 21, 2009
...Web by E. B. White And feel free to recommend others in the comments. I would add that Kay Thompson’s Eloise series has been popular with Lauca too, though not quite as long as a chapter book...
My FIVE Favorite Books for children aged 0 to 11
A Toast to parenthood - a practical guide to paren, January 21, 2009
...their child? Little Nutbrown Hare and his dad try to find the words. 3. Eloise in Paris by Kay Thompson If there's something going on, Eloise know about it. The spirited young girl shares all sort of semi-scandalous observations. For kids, her autonomy...
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2008
YUMMERS!, December 15, 2008
...the books, then you are a lucky person. ~~~~~~~ This is the original book from 1955 written by Kay Thompson with drawings by Hilary Knight. The TV shows have not done the book justice!! Eloise is written for precocious grown ups. "I am Eloise/I am six."...