• 1953 to 1960, Pène du Bois was art editor of The Paris Review, working alongside founder and editor George Plimpton. William Pène du Bois was born in Nutley...
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  • historian, and civil rights activist William H. Dubois (1835–1907), Vermont businessman and political figure William Pène du Bois (1916–1993), French-American...
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  • The Twenty-One Balloons is a novel by William Pène du Bois, published in 1947 by the Viking Press and awarded the Newbery Medal for excellence in American...
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  • Pene may refer to: Pene (gastropod) William Pène du Bois Raoul Pene Du Bois Omar Pene Guy Pène du Bois Arran Pene Marie-Léontine Bordes-Pène El Kabir Pene...
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  • in the category Best Art Direction. Du Bois was born on Staten Island in New York City, the son of René Pène Du Bois, a banker. He started his career as...
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  • published in the United States by Harper & Row with illustrations by William Pène du Bois, Allen & Unwin published the first U.K. edition in 1968. Later editions...
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    with Robert Henri, whose teachings lead Pène du Bois to focus more on everyday life in his own artwork. Pène du Bois traveled to Europe in 1905 to study under...
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  • children's novel written by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by William Pène du Bois, first published in 1952 by Viking Press. In 1973 it was republished...
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  • Birthday Concert album Peter Graves (novel), a fictional work by William Pène du Bois This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same...
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  • Lion is a 1956 picture book written and illustrated by William Pène du Bois. The book tells the story of an "artist" who attempts to invent a cloud lion...
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  • Bear Party is a 1951 picture book written and illustrated by William Pène du Bois. In order to stop fighting, koala bears throw a party. The book was a...
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  • Me Bandicoot is a 1970 young adult novel written by U.S. author William Pène du Bois. The novel takes place on the Staten Island Ferry and focuses on...
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  • spelled DuBois or Du Bois, from the French of the woods/forest) is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Florent du Bois de La Villerabel...
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  • History of John Gilpin (Routledge, 1878, an edition of the 1782 poem by William Cowper), which depicts John Gilpin astride a runaway horse. The reverse...
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  • with publisher description William's Doll, illus. William Pène du Bois (1972) My Grandson Lew, illus. William Pène du Bois (1974) I Know a Lady, illus...
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    happened. In the 1947 children's novel The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois, the book's climax features the eruption, with the characters escaping...
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  • January 30 – Dorothy Miles, Welsh poet (born 1931) February 5 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (born 1916) March 1 – Ronald McCuaig...
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    illus. Margot Zemach (1971) The Topsy-Turvy Emperor of China, illus. William Pène du Bois (1971) The Wicked City, illus. Leonard Everett Fisher (1972) The...
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  • Arts) on a scholarship. Upon graduation, she worked for designer Raoul Pene du Bois in the film industry but soon started designing for the theatre. Kim...
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  • 1952 novel by Edna Ferber The Giant, a 1954 children's novel by William Pène du Bois The Giants (French: Les Géants), a 1973 novel by J. M. G. Le Clézio...
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  • Honor Eleanore M. Jewett The Hidden Treasure of Glaston Honor 1948 William Pène du Bois The Twenty-One Balloons Winner Claire Huchet Bishop Pancakes-Paris...
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  • – The Three Half-Crowns: a story for boys, Richard Rowe's Parcel William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) – The Twenty-One Balloons Diane Duane (born 1952) – So...
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  • first part of tetralogy) John Dos Passos – The Big Money William Pène du Bois – Otto at Sea Daphne du Maurier – Jamaica Inn Walter D. Edmonds – Drums Along...
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    (1897), p. 54. Pène du Bois (1897), p. 55. Pène du Bois (1897), p. 55. Pène du Bois (1897), p. 60. Pène du Bois (1897), p. 61. Pène du Bois (1897), p. 62....
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  • American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909) 1993 – William Pène du Bois, American author and illustrator (b. 1916) 1995 – Doug McClure, American...
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  • Folded Hands Frank Yerby – The Vixens Dora Birtles – Pioneer Shack William Pène du Bois – The Twenty-One Balloons Margaret Wise Brown – Goodnight Moon Edgar...
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  • France, p/nf) John Bois (1560–1643, England, nf) W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US, nf) William Pène du Bois (1916–1993, US, ch) Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952, Algeria/US...
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    1979." Du Bois, William Pène, Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed April 5, 2007. "Du Bois, the son of noted painter and art critic Guy Pène du Bois, was born...
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  • William's Doll is a 1972 picture book by Charlotte Zolotow, one of the first children's texts to address nontraditional gender stereotypes. The story...
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  • Bernstein, Baron Bernstein, 94, British businessman and media executive. William Pène du Bois, 76, American writer and book illustrator, stroke. Seán Flanagan...
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