Elmer Boyd Smith (May 31, 1860 – October 5, 1943)[1] was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and painter.

Elmer Boyd Smith
I am the giant Skrymir (1902)
Born	(1860-05-31)May 31, 1860 Saint John, New Brunswick
Died	October 5, 1943(1943-10-05) (aged 83) Wilton, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Occupation	Illustrator, Writer

Smith was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and studied art in Paris with Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre at the Académie Julian from 1881 to 1884, and also with H. Lefort for several years. In the early 1900s he moved to Wilton, Connecticut,[2] where he spent the remainder of his life. He illustrated more than seventy books for both adults and children, beginning with My Village in 1896, written while he was living in France. His first children's book was The Story of Noah's Ark in 1905.[3]

Selected works

• The Story of Noah’s Ark, 1905
• The Circus, 1909
• Robinson Crusoe, 1909
• Early Life of Mr. Man Before Noah, 1914
• After They Came Out of the Ark: Completing the Story of Noah, 1918
• The Story of Our Country, 1920
• Fun In the Radio World, 1923
• The Country Book, 1924
• So Long Ago, 1944

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elmer Boyd Smith.

• Works by Elmer Boyd Smith at Project Gutenberg
• Chicken World
• The Farm Book
• The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith
• The Railroad Book
• The Seashore book
• Online books by Elmer Boyd Smith
• Illustrations from In the Days of Giants: a book of Norse tales
• MyNDIR (My Norse Digital Image repository) illustrations by Elmer Boyd Smith from In the Days of Giants. Clicking on the thumbnail will give you the full image and information concerning it.

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