Holly Hobbie

Denise Holly Hobbie (née Ulinskas;^: 102 born 1944) is an American writer, watercolorist^: 127 and illustrator. She is best known for creating the American Greetings character which, originally unnamed, is now also called Holly Hobbie. She also created the Toot & Puddle series of children's books.

Personal life

She is from Connecticut^: 102 and married Douglas Hobbie in 1964. She resides in Conway, Massachusetts.

Born Holly Ulinskas from Watertown, Connecticut.

Career

Author

Hobbie is the author of the popular Toot & Puddle children's books and the creator of the character bearing her name.

Namesake character

In the late 1960s, at the encouragement of her brother-in-law,^: 128 Hobbie sold distinctive artwork of a cat-loving, rag dress-wearing little girl in a giant bonnet to American Greetings in Cleveland, Ohio. The artwork, based on Hobbie's own children and with rustic New England style of a bygone era,^: 128 became popular, and her originally nameless character (identified earlier as "blue girl") became known as Holly Hobbie.

Works

Toot & Puddle series

Toot & Puddle are best friends, even though Toot likes to travel and Puddle likes to stay at home in Woodcock Pocket.

Books

• Toot & Puddle
• A Present for Toot
• You Are My Sunshine
• Puddle's ABC
• I'll Be Home For Christmas
• Top of the World
• Charming Opal
• The New Friend
• Wish You Were Here
• The One and Only
• Let It Snow
• How Does Your Garden Grow?

Television show

The adaptation of the books, Toot & Puddle was made in 2008 by Mercury Filmworks, National Geographic Kids, and Treehouse TV.

Film

In December 2006, Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas, serving as the pilot episode to Toot & Puddle, aired on Treehouse in Canada and on Noggin in the US. It was released on DVD by National Geographic.

Other books

• Elmore (2018)
• A Cat Named Swan (2017)
• The night before Christmas (Text by Clement Clarke Moore) (2013)
• Gem (2012)
• Fanny (2008)
• Fanny & Annabelle (2009)
• Everything But The Horse: A Childhood Memory (2010)
• The Art of Holly Hobbie (1980)
• Holly Hobbie's the night before Christmas (1976)

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