Jane Werner Watson was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1936. In 1938 she became one of the first editors for the original Golden Books series published by Western Publishing in conjunction with Simon and Schuster. She wrote and edited several of the Golden Books herself, especially those based on Walt Disney films. She also wrote a series of picture books for children in India and a series titled "Living in Today's World" that introduced American children to cultures around the world. She retired from Western Publishing in 1958, the same year she was named Woman of the Year in Literature by the Los Angeles Times.
author (1915-2004)
| Born | 1915 |
| Died | 2004 |
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![Cover of: The Iliad and the Odyssey: The Heroic Story of the Trojan War [and] the Fabulous Adventures of Odysseus](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/5541372-M.jpg "Cover of: The Iliad and the Odyssey: The Heroic Story of the Trojan War [and] the Fabulous Adventures of Odysseus")
![Cover of: The Iliad and the Odyssey;: The heroic story of the Trojan War [and] the fabulous adventures of Odysseus](http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/14985516-M.jpg "Cover of: The Iliad and the Odyssey;: The heroic story of the Trojan War [and] the fabulous adventures of Odysseus")
author (1915-2004)
| Born | 1915 |
| Died | 2004 |
Subjects
Juvenile literature, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, God, Folklore, Animals, English Bible stories, Description and travel, Natural history, O.T., Picture books, Social life and customs, Bible, Birds, Children's literature, Children's stories, Christmas, Dinosaurs, Ducks, Fairy tales, Nursery rhymes, Alphabet, Bears, BotanyPlaces
India, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Peru, Soviet Union, Alaska, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Indus River Valley, Iran, Japan, Juvenile literature, Niger River, Thailand, United States, Volga River (Russia), West (U.S.)People
Jesus Christ, Achilles (Mythological character), Eloise Burns Wilkin, Homer, Joseph (Son of Jacob), Odysseus King of Ithaca (Mythological character), Philip Pullman (1946-), Santa Claus, Uncle MistletoeID Numbers
- OLID: OL1745853A
- ISNI: 0000000114673693
- Library of Congress Names: n79054605
- VIAF: 8626349
- Wikidata: Q47467621
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q47467621
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- Jane Werner
- Elsa Jane Werner
- Annie North Bedford
- Elsa Ruth Nast
- Jane Werner Watson
- Jane Watson
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- Jane Werner Watson, Robert E. Switzer, J. Cotter Hirschberg, Hilde Hoffmann
- JANE WERNER WATSON and WALT DISNEY
- JANE WERNER WATSON
- Jane Werner Watson and Staff of the Walt Disney Studio
- Jane Werner with illustrations by Sally Augustiny Watson
- jane werner watson
- Watson, Jane Werner; Pryor, Frances (adapted by)
- Watson, Jane Werner
- Jane W Watson
- Jane W. Watson