Ilse Plume is a collector and illustrator of children's songs and folk tales from around the world. Her first book, The Bremen Town Musicians, was a Caldecott Honor book for 1981.

She has since created many other beautiful works, including The Twelve Days of Christmas, and she has also illustrated books by Jane Langton, Nancy Willard, and Charlotte Zolotow. Her newest book is Saint Francis and the Wolf .

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