Alice ProvensenAlice and Martin Provensen were an American husband-and-wife team of artists and illustrators. Together, they illustrated over 40 children's books, 19 of which they also wrote
and edited. Beloved illustrators, they won a Caldecott
for The Glorious Flight and a Caldecott Honor for A Visit to
William Blake's Inn, and eight of their books were selected by the New
York Times as Best Illustrated Books of the Year. For many years, they lived at Maple Hill Farm in
Dutchess County, New York, which they immortalized in picture books A Year
at Maple Hill Farm and Our Animal Friends.