Background
Hader, Elmer Stanley was born on September 7, 1889 in Pajaro, California, United States. Son of Henry and Lena (Nyberg) Hader.
Hader, Elmer Stanley was born on September 7, 1889 in Pajaro, California, United States. Son of Henry and Lena (Nyberg) Hader.
Student California School Design, San Francisco, 1907-1910. Julian Academy, Paris, France, 1912-1914.
Began as landscape artist and portrait painter, 1914. Illustrator and writer of children’s books 1919-1975. Zoning administrator Village of Grand View-on-Hudson, New York, 1925-1975.
Member of advisory board directors Hudson River Conservation Society.
Author and co-author numerous books including: The Little Stone House, 1944. Rainbow’s End, 1945
The Skyrocket, 1946. Little Chip, 1958
Reindeer Trail, 1959.Mr. Billy’s Gun, 1960. Quack-Quack, 1961
Little Antelope, 1962. Illustrator (with Berta Hoerner Hader): Bingo Is My Name, Here, Bingo, Humpy, Stripey, The Big Snow, 1948 (awarded Caldecott Medal).Author, illustrator (with wife): Little Appaloosa, 1949. Squirrely of Willow Hill, 1950. Lost in the Zoo, 1951.Little White Foot, 1952. The Friendly Phoebe, 1953. Wish on the Moon, 1954.Home on the Range, 1955. The Runaways, 1956
Ding Dong Bell, 1957. Snow in the City, 1963.Two is Company, Three’s a Crowd, 1965. Contributor stories and drawings to mags.
Served camoufluer, engrs., United States Army in World War, 1918-1919.
Married Berta Hoerner, July 14, 1919.