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Jane Werner
(1915 - 2004)
Jane Werner was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin. She married Ernest Charles Watson. She edited the first 12 Little Golden Books that launched in 1942, one of which was The Poky Little Puppy, the bestselling picture book of all time.
Werner wrote and edited many children’s books from 1944 to 1978. Many of these were for Golden Books, including at least 35 Little Golden Books, and including the bestselling My Little Golden Book About God. She also wrote and edited for Walt Disney Productions.
Jane Werner published under at least three different variations of her name:
- Jane Werner
- Elsa Jane Werner (Elsa J. Werner)
- Jane Werner Watson (Jane Watson)
Bibliography
Albert’s Zoo a Stencil Book (1951)
Use the stencils to help Albert put the animals in their cages.
Author(s):
Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Animal Dictionary (1960)
Pictures and short descriptions of animals, familiar and not so very.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Animal Friends (1952)
In this story about animal homes, a cat, a dog, a bird, a turtle, a bunny, a chick, and a squirrel all live together in a little house in the woods.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
A Catholic Child’s Bible: Stories from the Old Testament (1958)
Favorite Old Testament stories from the RSV translation.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Hartman
The Bible
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Christopher Bunny and Other Animal Stories (1949)
Fourteen original stories about bunnies and other animals.
Author(s):
Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Garth Williams’ Furry Tales (2016)
Nine classic Little Golden Books including Animal Friends, Baby Animals, The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse, Bunnies’ ABC, The Sailor Dog, Home for a Bunny, A Tale of Tails, The Friendly Book and Baby Farm Animals.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Elizabeth H. MacPherson
Miriam Norton
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies (1951)
A collection of stories and poems about fairies, elves and goblins.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies (1999)
A collection of stories and poems about fairies, elves and goblins.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Golden Bible: From the King James Version of the Old Testament (1946)
Familiar stories from the Old Testament.
Author(s):
The Bible
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Golden Bible: Stories from the Old Testament (1964)
A British edition of the Golden Bible.
Author(s):
Charles Hartman
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
Feodor Rojankovsky
Golden Book of Nursery Tales (1948)
A collection of favorite nursery tales.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Golden Book of Words: How They Look and What They Tell (1949)
One page stories are accompanied by pictures of vocabulary words.
Author(s):
Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1952)
This is a brief survey of the the world’s geography, copiously illustrated.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1964)
This revised edition is significantly shorter than the original.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Golden History of the World: A Child’s Introduction to Ancient and Modern Times (1955)
A brief illustrated world history.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Golden Picture Book of Words: How They Look and What They Tell (1954)
This is a later version of this picture dictionary.
Author(s):
Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Happy Little Whale (1960)
The little whale is captured and taken to an aquarium.
Author(s):
Kenneth Norris
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Holy Bible, Catholic Edition (1960)
Based on the Confraternity edition, there are one-volume and two-volume editions. The Old Testament is illustrated by Rojankovsky, the New Testament by the Provensens (Alice and Martin).
Author(s):
Charles Hartman
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
Feodor Rojankovsky
Houses (1955)
Pictures of houses from around the world.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Jolly Barnyard (1950)
The animals get together to give farmer Brown a birthday party.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Annie North Bedford
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely