Joseph Who Loved the Sabbath
Marilyn Hirsh
Devis Grebu
1986
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Creator Bio
Marilyn Hirsh
1944–1988
Marilyn Hirsh was born in Chicago, attended Carnegie Mellon University and served in the Peace Corps. Hirsh was a children’s author and the illustrator of more than thirty books addressing Jewish and Indian culture. A specialist in Indian and Buddhist art, she taught at the Cooper Union and the New York University Institute of Fine Arts and received the Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award in 1979.
Creator Bio
Devis Grebu
b. 1933
Born in Romania, Devis Grebu is an artist whose illustrations have spanned many genres, including children's books, postage stamps, commercial ads, playing cards, fashion, animation, and theater sets. Previously a resident of United States, Israel, and France, he has lived in Romania since 2001.
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