Peggy Thomson

Background

Thomson, Peggy was born on November 6, 1922 in St. Louis. Daughter of Jules H. and Helen Maria (Gilli) Bebié.

Education

Bachelor, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1943.

Career

Researcher, Life magazine, New York City, 1943-1947; freelance writer for numerous magazines and newspapers. Speaker in public and private schools on research and writing, Washington, since 1970.

Achievements

• Peggy Thomson has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Katie Henio Navajo Sheepherder

    (A photographic depiction of Navajo life in New Mexico det...)

  • Keepers and Creatures at the National Zoo

    (Describes, in text and illustrations, the many different ...)

  • Auks, Rocks, and the Odd Dinosaur: Inside Stories from the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History

    (Reveals the inner workings of the Museum of Natural Histo...)

  • Museum people: Collectors and keepers at the Smithsonian

    (Uses interviews with curators, research scientists, techn...)

  • City Kids in China

    (A description of what life is like in the modern Chinese ...)

  • Take Me Out to the Bat and Ball Factory

    (Describes how baseballs and bats are made, marked, and used.)

  • The Nine-Ton Cat: Behind the Scenes at an Art Museum

    (A day at the National Gallery in Washington, D. C. "This ...)

  • The Nine-Ton Cat: Behind the Scenes at an Art Museum by Peggy Thomson (1997-03-31)
  • The Nine-Ton Cat: Behind the Scenes at an Art Museum by Peggy Thomson (1997-03-01)
  • The Nine-Ton Cat: Behind the Scenes at an Art Museum by Peggy Thomson (1997-03-31)

Membership

Member Children's Book Guild of Washington (former board directors, treasurer, membership chair, program chair).

Connections

Married John Seabury Thomson, May 11, 1945. Children: Christopher, Hilary, David.

Father:

Jules H. Bebié

Mother:

Helen Maria (Gilli) Bebié

Spouse:

John Seabury Thomson

child:

Christopher Thomson

child:

Hilary Thomson

child:

David Thomson