Then in 1929 Don Freeman moved to New York where he was hoping to have a career playing as a jazz trumpeter until one day he left his trumpet on a subway train. From there Don Freeman focused his attention on his talents to art full-time. He enrolled into the Art Students League where he studied graphic design and lithography. Don Freeman enjoys to also do oil painting, etching, chalks and watercolor. …show more content…
Freeman was also greatly recognized for his drawings of the Manhattan life style in the 1930's. At this time period Don Freeman married his girlfriend Lydia Cooley and had a child named Roy Freeman. Lydia was also a part of Freeman’s books, she would help Don with a majority of his children books, particularly when it came to the storylines and text. The couple stated that their ideas for the books came to them out of every-day situations and that the only message Don wanted the children to learn through his books is that when they encounter their difficulties in life, do it with courage and with a positive