Autres noms: Hamilton, Kay (pseudonym)
Date de naissance: 1903-09-22
Date de décès: 1975
Sexe: female
Nationalité: USA
Lieu de naissance: Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Études: Metropolitan Art School
Art Students League of New York
Professions: children's book author
children's book illustrator
portrait painter
illustrator
lecturer
Relations: de Leeuw, Adèle (sister)
Organisations: Pen and Brush
Courte biographie: Cateau De Leeuw, born to a Dutch-American family in Ohio, loved art from childhood. She and her older sister Adèle worked together to produce their own magazine: Adèle wrote the poetry and short stories, and Cateau provided the illustrations. As children, they travelled widely through South America, Europe, Africa, and the Far East. They were fascinated by their Dutch heritage, and The Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies would later appear as backdrops in their work. Cateau studied at the Metropolitan Art School, the Art Students' League of New York, and in Paris. She then became a professional portrait painter, and eventually had her own studios in Paris, New York, and Plainfield, New Jersey (where Adèle lived). During the Great Depression, she took up illustrating to supplement her income. She was soon illustrating her sister's books, and eventually drew for her own books and for travel magazines. Their collaborations including Mickey the Monkey (1952) and The Expandable Browns (1955). Both sisters lectured extensively at women's groups, art associations, and libraries.

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Roald Amundsen: A World Explorer par Cateau: Illustrated By Parrish DeLeeuw, George I

From the inside cover: "Reaching the South Pole was only one of Amundsen's many feats. He was the first to navigate the Northwest Passage, and with an American, Lincoln Ellsworth, the first to map the North Polar Seas from the air. Courageous, determined, indomitable, Amundsen was at his best in an emergency. Aground on an Arctic rock, downed on the ice in a wrecked place, Amundsen never despaired. Instead he set to work immediately to save his expedition. Roald Amundsen was one of the world's bravest explorerers."… (plus d'informations)

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northprairielb | 1 autre critique | Feb 2, 2024 |

Nurses Who Led The Way par Adele and Cateau De Leeuw

This is a book of true stories of nine courageous women who strove to heal the sick in times of need; when they were perhaps not taken as seriously as they would be now. These stories are primarily about women who lived from the nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century. They were nurses whose lives and accomplishments were not known to me until I read this book.

From Mary Ann Bickerdyke (1817-1901) - a hospital administrator for the Union during the Civil War, she earned the nickname 'Mother' Bickerdyke and worked tirelessly to improve conditions for veterans; to Lora Wood Hughes (1873-1960) - a contract nurse during the Spanish-American War, she tended to the sick during an epidemic of typhoid and wrote her autobiography, No Time For Tears in World War II.

In my opinion, this was an excellently written children's book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. As I've said before, I had no knowledge of these courageous women's lives before I read this book, and I appreciated that these true life stories were not as well known - at least to me - as say, Florence Nightingale or Clara Barton would be. I give this book an A+! and Mareena has reacquired it to read for herself at some point.… (plus d'informations)

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moonshineandrosefire | Jan 30, 2014 |

A world explorer: Roald Amundsen par Cateau De Leeuw

An easy read for a third grader, this biography of Roald Amundsen highlights the childhood and major events in the life of this explorer. The illustrations are average, neither disappointing nor exciting. Nevertheless, the pictures do contribute to the success of the book. The story is itself a good one, and my son enjoyed reading of how Amundsen's careful planning enabled him to be the first man to reach the south pole. This series is a fine one, especially for boys who are getting too many sweet stories in school. It is worth checking out from a library or hunting down used copies to purchase.… (plus d'informations)

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mebrock | 1 autre critique | Oct 4, 2011 |