Does Carol Gorman do her own illustrations?

Depending on what version of the poem, and what illustrations you are referring to, you will find that most commercial artwork is, indeed, copyrighted. You should contact the publisher to determine...

her birth date was February 16th 1992

The person that produced the work owns it, unless you have purchased the rights to said work from the artist.

own what and no

i work for the president and i know very well i know that if someone buys something they own it so if someone takes somthing that someone owns they have the right to take it back