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About Syd Hoff

Syd Hoff has given much pleasure to children everywhere as the author and illustrator of numerous childrens books including the favorite I Can Read books Sammy the Seal The Horse in Harrys Room and the Danny and the Dinosaur books. Born and raised in New York City he studied at the National Academy of Design. His cartoons were a regular feature in the New Yorker after he sold his first cartoon to that magazine at the age of eighteen. His work also appeared in many other magazines including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post and in a nationally syndicated daily feature. Syd Hoff has given much pleasure to children everywhere as the author and illustrator of numerous childrens books including the favorite I Can Read books Sammy the Seal The Horse in Harrys Room and the Danny and the Dinosaur books. Born and raised in New York City he studied at the National Academy of Design. His cartoons were a regular feature in the New Yorker after he sold his first cartoon to that magazine at the age of eighteen. His work also appeared in many other magazines including Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post and in a nationally syndicated daily feature.