John Thacher Hurd (born March 6, 1949)[1] is an American artist and the creator of children's picture books including Mama Don't Allow and Art Dog.
He has referred in an interview to the "wonderful aura of creativity" surrounding his father and the Vermont farm that was their home.
)[4] After attending the California College of Arts and Crafts,[5] he turned his talents to picture books.
Hurd's work, as well as that of his father and mother, was featured at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center in the 2004 exhibition "From Goodnight Moon to Art Dog: The World of Clement, Edith and Thatcher Hurd."
In 1983, Thacher and his wife built their own publishing house, Peaceable Kingdom Press, which prints cards and posters from children’s books.