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          In the space of three years in the late eighties, Dayal Kaur Khalsa wrote and illustrated a series of picture books that constitute a visual (auto)biography..

          Dayal Kaur Khalsa

          American-Canadian children's book author

          Dayal Kaur Khalsa (April 17, 1943 – July 17, 1989) was the American-born author and illustrator of numerous award-winning children's books.

          She discovered her talent in Canada, where she had moved in 1970.

          This hardcover picture book, titled "Cowboy Dreams" by Dayal Kaur Khalsa, is a first edition published in by Doubleday Canada.

        1. Excited May takes her first trip away from home when the family goes on vacation in Florida, and the adventures she and her older brother have in Miami.
        2. In the space of three years in the late eighties, Dayal Kaur Khalsa wrote and illustrated a series of picture books that constitute a visual (auto)biography.
        3. She helped Chinese-born painter Song Nan Zhang tell his stories through his art, and discovered the incomparable Dayal Kaur Khalsa, who.
        4. Dayal Kaur Khalsa introduces a more familiar animal in I Want a Dog (Potter; $).

          5. Over the span of four short years before her death at the age of 46, she managed to write and illustrate eight picture books, three of them published posthumously.

          Biography

          Born Marcia Schonfeld in Queens, New York, young Dayal Kaur spent her days with her Grandma Shapiro while both her parents worked.

          Her childhood with her grandmother formed the basis of her works, especially Tales of a Gambling Grandma. Grandma Shapiro's death in 1951 when Dayal Kaur was nine was devastating to her.[1]

          Dayal Kaur graduated from the City College of New York in 1963 and attended The Arts Students League from 1964 to 1965.

          Though she still lived at home, Dayal Kaur had a loft space in Lower Manhattan and associated