"You know, she would talk to me and I would draw them."Įloise has an absent mother and a close relationship with her nanny, her dog Weenie, her turtle Skipperdee and the staff of the Plaza Hotel, where she skibbles about and makes a lot of mischief. "We would get ideas and we would collectively paste them together," Knight says. It was the beginning of a close working relationship. She lived next door to a young artist named Hilary Knight and introduced the two. Thompson amused her friends with the voice of a little girl called Eloise, and one of those friends thought the character might make a good children's book. How?Įloise was the brain-child of the multi-talented Thompson who at various points in her life was a radio personality, a vocal arranger at MGM and a popular cabaret performer. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Eloise Subtitle The Absolutely Essential 60th Anniversary Edition Author Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
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