Much More Munsch!

11 June 1945

Robert Norman Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1969, he received a B.A. degree in History from Fordham University. In 1971 he received a M.A. degree in Anthropology from Boston University. After graduating, he studied to become a Jesuit priest, but his experiences in orphanages and day care centers led him to decide he would rather work with children. In 1973, he received a Master of Education in Child Studies from Tufts University. In 1975 he moved to Canada to work at the preschool at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario. He also taught in the Department of Family Studies at the University of Guelph as a lecturer and as an assistant professor. In Guelph, he was enc…

1943

Eugenie Fernandes grew up in Long Island, New York. She was inspired and nurtured at an early age to become the successful artist that she is today by her father, a busy and well known comic-book illustrator who worked from his home studio. After graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York, she began designing greeting cards and submitting stories to publishers, which led to the publication of her first book. With now more than 100 books to her credit Eugenie Fernandes has become a much admired name in the world of children's literature. Since then she has worked on several projects a year and now lays claim to over 80 books. She is most proud of Just You and Me (1993), a story she…