Thomas, Middy 1931–

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Thomas, Middy 1931–

Personal

Born 1931, in ME; married (husband deceased); has children.

Addresses

Home and office—Brunswick, ME.

Career

Illustrator and art teacher.

Illustrator

Ken Thomas, Marooned, Yankee Books (Camden, ME), 1990.

Lois Lowry, Gooney Bird Greene, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2002.

Lois Lowry, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2005.

Connie Korda, The Coat, Biddle Publishing (Brunswick, ME), 2006.

Lois Lowry, Gooney the Fabulous, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2007.

Lois Lowry, Gooney Bird Is So Absurd, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 2009.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, September 1, 2002, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of Gooney Bird Greene, p. 125; March 1, 2005, Hazel Rochman, review of Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, p. 1197; January 1, 2007, Ilene Cooper, review of Gooney the Fabulous, p. 81.

Horn Book, September-October, 2002, Peter D. Sieruta, review of Gooney Bird Greene, p. 575.

Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2002, review of Gooney Bird Greene, p. 1228; April 1, 2005, review of Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, p. 420.

Publishers Weekly, August 12, 2002, review of Gooney Bird Greene, p. 300.

School Library Journal, November, 2002, Janet B. Bair, review of Gooney Bird Greene, p. 129; May, 2005, Kristine M. Casper, review of Gooney Bird and the Room Mother, p. 90; March, 2007, Julie Roach, review of Gooney the Fabulous, p. 176.

ONLINE

Family Cares Web site,http://www.familycares.org/ (January 19, 2006), Connie Korda, interview with Thomas.

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