"What Makes Day and Night" by Franklyn M. Branley, illustrated by Helen Borten (1961)

HELEN BORTEN (1930 - ) was born in Philadephia, PA, and graduated from the Philadelphia Museum College of Art. Borten launched her career with the 1956 publication of Little-Big Feather, written by Joseph Longstreth and illustrated by Borten. The New York Times chose it as a Best Illustrated Book for that year. Do You Hear What I Hear?, which Borten both wrote and illustrated, was published in 1959, followed by Do You See What I See? the following year. The main body of her work occurred in the 1960’s, working alongside writers like Franklyn M. Branley and Augusta Goldin to illustrate the comprehensive series of Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science books.