Yes, THAT illustrator, Hilary Knight.

Other Peg Bracken books he worked on were "Appendix to the I Hate to Cook Book," "The I hate to housekeep book," and "I try to behave myself: Peg Bracken's etiquette book."

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22h..._AUIBigB&dpr=1
(some covers and pictures)

He turned 90 on Nov. 1st.

He lives in East Hampton, New York.

Besides the obvious Kay Thompson books, he's also known for illustrating the "Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle" series. He's also written his own books.

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...macmillan.html
("At 90, Hilary Knight Launches Two Book Projects with Macmillan")

http://www.hilaryknight.com/about-hilary-knight
(part of his website)

https://jamarattigan.com/2015/11/09/...se/#more-16956
(about the creation of "Eloise" - if you scroll down about 2/3, there's a rare 2:15 novelty record by Kay Thompson! Mostly, what you see is the spinning record.)

Excerpt:

"So how did Kay and Hilary meet? Kay had been doing the Eloise shtick with her friends for quite awhile when one of them, D.D. Dixon (fashion editor at Harpers Bazaar), suggested she write it down. D.D. then introduced Kay to her neighbor Hilary Knight (she liked his drawings). After Hilary sent Kay a Christmas card that included a drawing of Eloise, Kay was sold. It must have been very exciting to see her imaginary friend, the inner child she vocalized so often, on paper for the first time. Kay and Hilary were instantly simpatico, together creating a character whose enviable lifestyle and quirks would resonate with millions for decades."

From the 60th edition:

"We also learn how Hilary Knights parents (both artist-writers) influenced his style, and more about Kay and Hilary collaborating on the Eloise sequels."

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show....Hilary_Knight
(reader reviews - these start with his own books, it seems)

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/search...night;t=author
(a few Kirkus reviews)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary...t_(illustrator)
(with partial booklist)

http://nymag.com/homedesign/features...knight-2013-4/
(slideshow of his Manhattan dwelling, from 2013)

http://www.vogue.com/12882298/lena-d...e-documentary/
(From 2015: "Lena Dunham Reveals the Artist Behind Eloise in a New Documentary")

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/ar...ator.html?_r=0
(review of the documentary)

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2...pgtype=article
(another review)

https://judithtrojan.com/2015/03/23/...debuts-on-hbo/
(more on it)

http://sagharboronline.com/eloise-il...orabilia-sale/
(" 'Eloise' Illustrator Opens Home, Offers Memorabilia, for Sale")

https://twitter.com/mrhilaryknight

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&s...+illus trator
(videos)



WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

All self-illustrated:

€¢ABC, Golden Press, 1961.
€¢Angels and Berries and Candy Canes (also see below), Harper, 1963.
€¢A Christmas Stocking Story (also see below), Harper, 1963.
€¢A Firefly in a Fir Tree (also see below), Harper, 1963.
€¢(With Clement Clarke Moore) Christmas Nutshell Library (contains Knight's Angels and Berries and Candy Canes, A Christmas Stocking Story, A Firefly in a Fir Tree, and Moore's The Night Before Christmas), Harper, 1963..
€¢Where's Wallace?, Harper, 1964.
€¢Sylvia, the Sloth: A Round-About Story, Harper, 1969.

Illustrator:

€¢Kay Thompson, Eloise, Simon & Schuster, 1955.
€¢Patrick Gordon Campbell, Short Trot With a Cultured Mind Through Some Experiences of a Humorous Nature, Simon & Schuster, 1956.
€¢Jan Henry, Tiger's Chance, Harcourt, 1957.
€¢Betty Bard MacDonald, Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Lippincott, 1957, reprinted, 1976.
€¢MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, Lippincott, 1957, reprinted, 1976.
€¢MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic, Lippincott, 1957, reprinted, 1976.
€¢Thompson, Eloise in Paris, Simon & Schuster, 1957.
€¢Wonderful World of Aunt Tuddy, Random House, 1958.
€¢Dorothea W. Blair, Roger: A Most Unusual Rabbit, Lippincott, 1958.
€¢Thompson, Eloise at Christmas Time, Random House, 1958.
€¢Thompson, Eloise in Moscow, Simon & Schuster, 1959.

€¢Evelyn Gendel, Tortoise and Turtle, Simon & Schuster, 1960.
€¢Cecil Maiden, Beginning With Mrs. McBee, Vanguard, 1960.
€¢Hilary Knight's Mother Goose, Golden Press, 1962.
€¢Maiden, Speaking of Mrs. McCluskie, Vanguard, 1962.
€¢Margaret Stone Zilboorg, Jeremiah Octopus, Golden Press, 1962.
€¢Gendel, Tortoise and Turtle Abroad, Simon & Schuster, 1963.
€¢Marie Le Prince De Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast, Macmillan, 1963..
€¢Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas, Harper, 1963.
€¢Charles Dickens, Captain Boldheart [and] The Magic Fishbone, Macmillan, 1964.
€¢Ogden Nash, The Animal Garden: A Story, M. Evans, 1965.
€¢Charlotte Zolotow, When I Have a Little Girl, Harper, 1965.
€¢Zolotow, When I Have a Son, Harper, 1967.
€¢Judith Viorst, Sunday Morning: A Story, Harper, 1968.
€¢Margaret Fishback, A Child's Book of Natural History, Platt & Munk, 1969.
€¢Patricia M. Scarry, The Jeremy Mouse Book, American Heritage Press, 1969.

€¢Nathaniel Benchley, Feldman Fieldmouse: A Fable, Harper, 1971.
€¢Duncan Emrich, editor, The Book of Wishes and Wishmaking, American Heritage Press, 1971.
€¢Janice Udry, Angie, Harper, 1971.
€¢Adelaide Holl, Most-of-the-Time Maxie: A Story, Xerox Family Education Services, 1974.
€¢Robert Kraus, I'm a Monkey, Windmill Books, 1975.
€¢Marilyn Sachs, Matt's Mitt, Doubleday, 1975.
€¢Steven Kroll, That Makes Me Mad!, Pantheon, 1976.
€¢Lucille Ogle and Tina Thoburn, The Golden Picture Dictionary: A Beginning Dictionary of More Than 2500 Words, Western Publishing, 1976.
€¢Robert Kraus, The Good Mousekeeper, Windmill Books (New York, NY), 1977.
€¢Jay Williams, Pettifur: A Story, Four Winds (New York, NY), 1977.
€¢The Circus Is Coming: A Picture Parade Starring 240 Performers in 20 Scenes, Golden Press (New York, NY), 1978.
€¢Hilary Knight's Cinderella, Random House (New York, NY), 1978.

€¢Val Schaffner, Algonquin Cat: A Story, Delacorte Press/E. Friede (New York, NY), 1980.
€¢Alice Bach, Warren Weasel's Worse Than Measles, Harper & Row (New York, NY), 1980.
€¢Hilary Knight's The Twelve Days of Christmas, Aladdin (New York), 1981.
€¢Selected by Stephanie Calmenson, Never Take a Pig to Lunch: And Other Funny Poems About Animals, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1982.
€¢Hilary Knight's The Owl and the Pussy-Cat: Based on the Poem by Edward Lear, Aladdin (New York, NY), 1983.
€¢Robert Kraus, Screamy Mimi, Windmill Books (New York, NY), 1983.
€¢Ellen Weiss, Telephone Time: A First Book of Telephone Do's and Don't's, Random House (New York, NY), 1986.
€¢Natalie Standiford, The Best Little Monkeys in the World, Random House (New York, NY), 1987.
€¢Collected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Side by Side: Poems to Read Together, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1988.

€¢Marie LePrince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1990.
€¢Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Happy Birthday: Poems, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1991.
€¢Nancy Robinson, Ten Tall Soldiers: A Story, H. Holt (New York, NY), 1991.
€¢Thompson, Eloise: The Absolutely Essential Edition, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1999.

€¢Thompson, Eloise's Guide to Life: How to Eat, Dress, Travel, Behave, & Stay Six Forever, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2000.
€¢Thompson, Eloise Takes a Bawth, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2001.


"ABC-TV produces three television movies based on Thompson's Eloise books, illustrated by Knight. Eloise at the Plaza, Eloise at Christmastime, and Eloise in Paris aired in 2003."

And elsewhere, in 2012, I wrote:

I don't cook almost ANYTHING time-consuming (as in more than 90 minutes of hands-on time) unless someone's there to praise me for my efforts.

But I sure wouldn't enjoy being the only cook in the house. It would be as annoying as being the only cleaner, eventually. (I often dream of getting together with a bunch of people in some farmhouse and cooking something really elaborate, with lots of chopping.)

On a different note, in the 1983 book "Talking With Your Teenager - A book for parents" by Leni Zeiger Wildflower & Ruth Bell Alexander (Ruth Bell wrote "Changing Bodies, Changing Lives" for teens) the authors point out in one chapter that society's message to girls is (not verbatim) "learn to cook fabulous, gourmet meals for family and friends, but don't eat any of it yourself!"

Sounds a bit like torture, right? So, with that in mind, was it any surprise that as early as 1960, Peg Bracken wrote the "I Hate To Cook Book"?

And, in the same thread (the title was "Guys, Is It A Dealbreaker If A Woman Doesn't Cook?"):

Reminds me of an Arlo and Janis comic strip where it's Arlo's turn to cook, but, as is typical for him, IIRC, he simply orders take-out. Janis is very annoyed. Arlo says: "What's the difference? You don't have to do it!" Janis says: "It's the principle of the thing!"

To frugal types like myself, there's nothing laughable about Janis' line - after all, what she means is, "Think of all the money I save by cooking, even though I sometimes hate doing it. Where would we be if we BOTH always ordered take-out?"

Bottom line: Even when TWO people who hate to cook marry, it's still not a good idea to eat nothing but butter-loaded take-out, if only because a frugal grocery shopper can spend 1/10 of what even cheap take-out costs, and during hard times, you never know when you're going to need the extra money.

And:

In 1994, in Ann Landers, "Dad in Anaheim" wrote in 12 tips for men looking for a mate. (He had four sons, two of whom divorced, and he said some signs that that would happen should have been obvious from the start.)

The first tip was: "Leave her alone (as in, don't date her) if she does not know whether hamburger comes from a cow or a pig."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...nders-dear-dad

And here's a list of "leave HIM alone" tips that followed:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1...aheim-dear-mom



Lenona.