Weisgard, Leonard (1916-2000), was an American artist and illustrator of children’s books. He won the Caldecott Medal in 1947 for his illustrations for The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown, writing under the name Golden MacDonald. Weisgard illustrated over 20 other books by Brown and many picture books by other American authors, including The Courage of Sarah Noble (1954) by Alice Dalgliesh. Weisgard also wrote and illustrated over 20 books, including My First Picture Book (1953) and The Plymouth Thanksgiving (1967). He was born on Dec. 13, 1916, in New Haven, Connecticut. He died on Jan. 14, 2000.
