Brinton Turkle

Turkle was born on August 15, 1915, in Alliance, Ohio. Among Turkle's books is a series of Obadiah titles, which cover a Quaker family living on the island of Nantucket during the colonial period. Turkle also illustrated a wordless adaption of the Goldilocks story, called Deep in the Forest, in 1976. == Beliefs, later life, and death ==

Turkle felt that his works differed from "the hypocrisy, materialism and brutality that so pervade our society. As my readers leave childhood behind, I hope that they will carry with them an appreciation for such alternatives as integrity, mutual respect, kindness and reverence for life. These alternatives are in my books and I pray that exposure to them will play a part in the construction of a better tomorrow." On October 9, 2003, Turkle died at age 88. A collection of his work is held at the University of Connecticut Libraries. In 2016, Turkle work was featured in an exhibit at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. == Bibliography ==