Eloise Takes a Bawth (2002), posthumously published.
Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown-ups (1955).The illustrator stated that the image for Eloise was based on one that his mother, Katherine Sturges Dodge, had painted, during the 1930s. Thompson's goddaughter, Liza Minnelli, was often speculated as a possible model for Eloise. The character was developed by the author based on her childhood imaginary friend and alter ego, with a voice in which Thompson spoke throughout her life, according to her biographer, filmmaker Sam Irvin. The series consists of Eloise (1955) and four sequels.Įloise is a young girl who lives in the "room on the tippy-top floor" of the Plaza Hotel in New York City with her nanny, her pug dog, Weenie, and her turtle, Skipperdee. Eloise is a series of children's books written in the 1950s by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight.
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