Eloise has been called a force of nature: brazen, ill-mannered, and utterly appealing, the six-year-old terror of the Plaza Hotel. The girl Kay Thompson created in voice and Hilary Knight brought to life through illustration is at the heart of a new exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, It’s Me Eloise: The Voice of Kay Thompson and the Art of Hilary Knight, on view February 12 through June 4, 2017. 

In addition to the Eloise franchise, Knight has showcased his pictorial skill in Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957), The Christmas Nutshell Library (1963), Beauty and the Beast (1963), Where’s Wallace? (1964),...