author
William Donahey
1883–1970
Best remembered for creating the long-running Teenie Weenies, this American cartoonist and writer built a whimsical miniature world that delighted newspaper readers for decades. His work mixed gentle humor, fantasy, and a keen eye for everyday objects made suddenly enormous.
2 Audiobooks
The Teenie Weenies in the Wildwood
by William Donahey
Adventures of the Teenie Weenies
by William Donahey
About the author
Born in Ohio in 1883, William Donahey trained at the Cleveland School of Art and began his career in newspaper art. He worked at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where he also met Mary Dickerson, a writer he later married.
He became widely known for The Teenie Weenies, a comic feature about tiny characters living among full-size household and garden objects. The strip debuted in the Chicago Tribune in 1914 and continued for more than fifty years, making him a familiar name to generations of young readers.
Along with his newspaper work, Donahey wrote and illustrated books connected to his miniature world. He died in 1970, but his imaginative blend of storytelling and illustration still stands out as a distinctive piece of early American children's entertainment.