Background

Dewey, Ariane was born on August 17, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Charles S. Dewey, Junior and Marjorie G. Graff.

Education

Bachelor, Sarah Lawrence College, 1959.

Career

Research and publicity assistant George Nelson, New York City, 1960—1962. Art editor Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1963—1965. Freelance artist, illustrator, since 1968.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • Rockabye Crocodile: A Folktale from the Philippines

    (A captivating retelling of a Philippine fable about two e...)

  • The Narrow Escapes of Davy Crockett (Move Tall Tales)

    (Recounts the wild adventures of Davy Crockett, including ...)

  • Rockabye Crocodile

    (Two elderly boars with contrasting dispositions take turn...)

  • Dorin and the Dragon

    (Disinherited by his father, a young prince wanders from c...)

  • The Tea Squall

    (Betsey Blizzard and her friends celebrate the coming of s...)

  • Gib Morgan, Oilman

    (Retells the adventures of the legendary oilman as he trav...)

  • Febold Feboldson

    (The Nebraska farmer conquers cyclones, blizzards, fog, an...)

  • We Hide, You Seek

    (The reader is invited to find animals hidden in their nat...)

  • Pecos Bill

    (An account of the remarkable exploits of legendary hero P...)

  • The Fish Peri: A Turkish Folk Tale
  • Rum Pum Pum: A Folk Tale from India by Duff, Maggie, Aruego, Jose, Dewey, Ariane (1978) Library Binding
  • Runaway Marie Louise by Carlson, Natalie Savage, Aruego, Jose, Dewey, Ariane (1977) Library Binding

• Other Work

  • Author, illustrator: Naming Colors, 1995, The Sky, 1993, The Narrow Escapes of Davy Crockett, 1990, The Tea Squall, 1988, Gib Morgan, Oilman, 1987, Febold Feboldson, 1984, Pecos Bill, 1983, Dorin and the Dragon, 1982, The Thunder God's Son, 1981, The Fish Peri, 1979, illustrator: Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett, 1985, co-author, co-illustrator: Weird Friends, 2002, Splash, 2000, Rockabye Crocodile, 1988, We Hide, You Seek, 1979, A Crocodile's Tale, 1972, Pilyo the Piranha, 1971, Symbiosis, A Book of Unusual Friendships, 1970, Juan & the Asuangs, 1970, The King and His Friends, 1969, co-illustrator with Jose Aruego: They Thought They Saw Him, by Craig Kee Strete, 1996, The Littlest Wolf, by Larry Dane Brimner, 2002, Gregory the Terrible Eater, by Mitchell Sharmat, 1980, Rum Pum Pum, by Maggie Duff, 1978, Lizard's Home, by George Shannon, 1999, co-illustrator: numerous books, including Where Does the Sun Go At Night?, by Mirra Ginsburg, 1992, Alligators and Others All Year Long, by Cresent Dragonwagon, 1993, Musical Max, by Robert Kraus, 1990, Another Mouse to Feed, by Robert Kraus, 1980, co-illustrator with Jose Aruego: One Duck, Another Duck, by Charlotte Pomerantz, 1984, Runaway Marie Louise, by Natalie Savage Carlson, 1977. Other Rosa Reposa by Isabel Campoy, 2002, co-illustrator Antarctic Antics, A Book of Penguin Poems by Judy Sierra, 1998, Safe, Warm and Sung by Stephen R. Swinburne, 1999, How Chipmunk Got His Stripes by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac, 2001, Turtle's Race with Beaver by Joseph Burchac & James Bruchac, 2003, Lizard's Guest, 2003, Raccoon's Last Race by Joseph Bruchac and James Bruchac, 2004. Co-illustrator: Duck, Duck, Goose by Karen Beaumont, 2004.

Membership

Member of Society Illustrators, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Authors Guild.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Kayaking.

Connections

Married Claus Dannasch, February 7, 1976. Married Jose Arugeo, January 27, 1960. 1 child Juan Dewey Aruego.

father:

Charles S. Dewey

mother:

Marjorie G. Graff

spouses:

Claus Dannasch

Jose Arugeo

child:

Juan Dewey Aruego Dewey