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Berta Hader
(1890 - 1973)
Berta Hoerner Hader (August 1, 1890 – February 6, 1976) was born in San Pedro, Coahuila, Mexico. She and her husband Elmer jointly illustrated more than 70 children’s books, about half of which they also wrote. They won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow (1948), recognizing the year’s “most distinguished American picture book for children”.
Bibliography
Baby Bear (1930)
Bimba the baby bear wanders off in search of honey, but finds a hungry tiger instead.
Author(s):
Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Banana Tree House (1938)
A story of children living in Bermuda.
Author(s):
Phillis Garrard
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Berta and Elmer Hader: A Lifetime of Art (2013)
An artistic biography of two prominent children’s book authors and illustrators.
Author(s):
Joy Hoerner Rich
Karen Tolley
John M. Waller
Judy Waller
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Berta and Elmer Hader’s Picture Book of Mother Goose (1930)
A collection of Mother Goose rhymes, songs, games and lullabies, many with music.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Berta and Elmer Hader’s Picture Book of Mother Goose (2014)
A collection of Mother Goose rhymes, songs, games and lullabies, many with music. The plates were redone for this third edition.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Berta and Elmer Hader’s Picture Book of the States (1932)
A picture geography of the forty-eight states.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Big City (1947)
The story of life in New York City as it grows from an Indian settlement.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Big Fellow at Work (1930)
The story of a power shovel, from its construction to its days of digging holes and loading coal.
Author(s):
Dorothy Walker Baruch
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Big Snow (1948)
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Billy Butter: The Tale of a Little Brown Goat (1936)
The little goat is rescued from the butcher’s shop and becomes a familiar pet on the top of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Bingo is My Name (1931)
Bingo is a dog who makes friends with Prince (a Pomeranian) and defends him from the local bully.
Author(s):
Anne Stoddard
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Cat and the Kitten (1940)
Minnie’s kittens find homes with nearby families, but Timmy stays with her and has a winter adventure.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Chicken Little and The Little Half Chick (1927)
The familiar story of Chicken-Little’s mission to tell the king the sky is falling, along with the story of how the cock got on the weather vane.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Chicken Little and The Little Half Chick (1990)
The familiar story of Chicken-Little’s mission to tell the King the sky is falling, along with the story of how the cock got on the weather vane.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Children’s Hour Volume 14 (1953)
An anthology of animal stories.
Read online at archive.org.
Chuck-a-Luck and His Reindeer (1933)
An Eskimo boy and his pet reindeer travel to New York to appear with Santa at a department store.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Cock-a-Doodle Doo (1939)
In this case it’s a rooster raised by a duck in a familiar story.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Cricket: The Story of a Little Circus Pony (1938)
The story of a little pony who performs in the circus.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Ding Dong Bell, Pussy’s In the Well (1957)
Tiger finds a home, and a fortune.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Donald in Numberland (1927)
A trip to Numberland helps Donald with his math.
Author(s):
Jean Murdoch Peedie
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader