Thompson's time on the set of the 1957 musical film Funny Face inspired a new Eloise cartoon- Eloise in Hollywood (2006).

By 2007, 11 titles had been released in that line. The same publisher began producing Eloise stories 'in the style of Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight' to their early-reader Ready-to-Reads line in 2005. Other modern Eloise titles released by Simon & Schuster include Eloise's Guide to Life (2000), Eloise at Christmas (2003), Eloise's What I Absolutely Love Love Love (2005) and Love & Kisses, Eloise (2005). Eloise Takes a Bawth (2002), posthumously published.Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown-ups (1955).The illustrator stated that the image for Eloise was based on one that his mother, Katherine Sturges Dodge, had painted, during the 1930s. Thompson's goddaughter, Liza Minnelli, was often speculated as a possible model for Eloise. The character was developed by the author based on her childhood imaginary friend and alter ego, with a voice in which Thompson spoke throughout her life, according to her biographer, filmmaker Sam Irvin. The series consists of Eloise (1955) and four sequels.Įloise is a young girl who lives in the 'room on the tippy-top floor' of the Plaza Hotel in New York City with her nanny, her pug dog, Weenie, and her turtle, Skipperdee. Eloise is a series of children's books written in the 1950s by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight.

Eloise at christmastime book