Exploring the Great Outdoors - Meridian International Center

Fred Machetanz
After graduating from Ohio State University, Fred Machetanz spent two years in the territory of his
uncle’s trading post at Unalakleet. During this residence, he sketched, drew, and painted a treasure of
scenes and people from a vanishing way of life. In New York, he found books to illustrate, but none
about Alaska until he wrote his own. He is in the Alaska Hall of Fame, and was named “Alaskan of the
Year - 1977”.
Selected books illustrated by Fred Machetanz:
Barney Hit the Trail by Sara and Fred Machetanz, 1950
On Arctic Ice by Frederick Machetanz, 1940
Corrine Malvern (1905-1956)
Corrine Malvern and her sister Gladys were “stage children” who grew up on the theater circuit. During
this time, they lived in hotels, trains, and boarding houses. Corrine eventually left theater and attended
the Art Students League in New York City. Later she moved to Los Angeles to work as a fashion
advertisment artist. Her illustration work included many of the children’s books written by her sister,
Gladys.
Selected books illustrated by Corrine Malvern:
Five Pennies to Spend by Miriam Young, 1955
The Story Book of Brownie and Rusty by Corrine Malvern (with Gladys Malvern), 1940
Julie Mammano
Creating artwork has always come naturally to Julie Mammano. Reading and writing, however, was
another story. As a child, she was a reluctant reader and writer who would rather fill her time with
playing outside and drawing horses. Mammano has grown to love reading and writing. She is a professional
illustrator who wrote her first children’s book, Rhinos Who Surf, after learning how to surf as an
adult.
Selected books illustrated by Julie Mammano:
Rhinos Who Play Soccer by Julie Mammano, 2001
Rhinos Who Skateboard by Julie Mammano, 1999
James Marshall (1942-1992)
James Marshall often relied on books for entertainment while growing up on an isolated farm near San
Antonio, Texas. He diligently studied the viola, and won a scholarship to the New England
Conservatory in Boston. Marshall eventually turned to teaching high school French and Spanish, and
resumed a hobby of drawing which he had abandoned in the second grade when a teacher laughed at his
artwork.
Selected books illustrated by James Marshall:
Pocketful of Nonsense by James Marshall, 1992
The Stupids Have a Ball by James Marshall, with Harry Allard, 1978
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