Eloise's 40th anniversary in 1995 was celebrated by parties and media events. Although Kay Thompson declined to participate, Hilary Knight did. Mr. Knight designed some special anniversary pictures of Eloise.
"I am Eloise. I am six. I am a city child..."
Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. She is not yet pretty but she is already a Person. Henry James would want to study her. Queen Victoria would recognize her as an Equal. The New York Jets would want to have her on their side. Lewis Carroll would love her (once he got over the initial shock). She knows everything about The Plaza. She is interested in people when they are not boring. She has Inner Resources. If you take her home with you, you will always be glad you did.
Book Information
Eloise: a book for precocious grown ups Thompson, KayDrawings by Hilary KnightNew York, Simon and Schuster, 1955 65 pages; illustrated; 29 cm. Library of Congress Catalog Number - 55011039 /L/r56 Published November 18, 1955Publish price $2.95 Re-issued in 1969 (had been out of print for several years) Copyright renewed in 1983Library of Congress Catalog Number - 96103190 /AC ISBN - 067122350XAnniversary edition published 1995 Publish price $17.00