October 8 On this day, October 8, 1907, the illustrator and author Hetty Burlingame Beatty was born in New Canaan, Connecticut. Trained as a sculptor, Hetty Beatty eventually shifted her focus to writing childrens books and illustrating them. Barbara Rundback2016-11-14T10:19:34-05:00October 8th, 2012|News|0 Comments Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookXRedditLinkedInTumblrPinterestVkEmail Related Posts