Peter Newell is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He was born in 1861 in New York City and died in 1924. He is best known for his series of picture books, including The Hole Book, The Slant Book, and The Rocket Book. He was also a prolific illustrator of books by other authors, including L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. He was a master of the "picture story," a form of sequential art that combines text and illustrations to tell a story. His work is noted for its whimsical, humorous, and often surrealistic style.
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