Florence Parry Heide, children’s book author

Florence Parry Heide with an enthusiastic reader in 2003. (R. Kuenstler/racine journal times)

Associated Press / October 28, 2011

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Prolific children’s book author Florence Parry Heide, whose work was illustrated by such notable artists as Edward Gorey and Lane Smith, died at 92.

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