Joan Walsh Anglund Birthday Jan. 3, 1926

Joan Walsh Anglund became successful with her first book, A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You, in 1958.  She's been making books featuring these same round-faced mouthless characters ever since, and her popularity continues to grow.  There's something ineffably sweet about her creations, which are based in large part on people and places in her own life-- particularly on her children Joy and Todd.