Elmer Boyd Smith was a children's book author and illustrator who covered a lot of ground - from fanciful nursery rhymes to Bible stories to history to nature. He got his start in publishing around the turn of the last century, after spending time in Europe studying art. Among these was the title So Long Ago, which was published in 1944, a year after Boyd's death. The illustrations are remarkable, vibrant compositions of worlds teeming with prehistoric life. Unlike other illustrators, Boyd...
