3 Quotes & Sayings By Rhoda Janzen

Rhoda Janzen was born in 1902 in Whitefish, Montana. She studied art at the University of Wisconsin, and after she graduated, she went on to teach art at the University of Redlands. The illustrations that she painted for her books were among the best of their day. The style that she used for her illustrations was widely imitated by other illustrators Read more

Her first book, "Babes in Toyland", which was published in 1921, became the best-selling children's book of all time after it was illustrated by Janzen. Many of her books were characterized by anthropomorphic animals, which were based on research she had done on the characteristics of various animals. The most popular character that she created was an owl named "Owl Eyes".

The owl became so well-known that there was even an owl named after her. One of Janzen's most famous books is called "The Mouse and His Child", which has been translated into many languages around the world.

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When you're young, faith is often a matter of rules. What you should do and shouldn't do, that kind of thing. But as you get older, you realize that faith is really a matter of relationship - with God, with the people around you, with the members of your community. Rhoda Janzen
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The idea is that the woman's heritage and background are just as important as the man's. Many women see taking a man's name as a gesture of symbolic oppression. It's like saying to the woman, 'Who you are as a person isn't as important as who I am. Rhoda Janzen