Robert Lawson
(Robert (Rob, Robin) Ripley Lawson)
(1892 - 1957)
Robert Lawson was an American author and illustrator. He is considered one of the finest creators of children’s books of his time. Lawson was the first to receive both of the top two American prizes in this field: the Caldecott Medal for They Were Strong and Good (1940), and the Newbery Medal for Rabbit Hill (1945).
Bibliography
Adam of the Road (1942)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Adam of the Road (1943)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Adam of the Road (1949)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Aesop’s Fables (1941)
Author(s):
Aesop
Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Aesop's Fables (1941)
Here are all the old familiar fables in modern English, from the Hare and the Tortoise to the Boy Who Called Wolf. This is the original large format edition printed in three colors of ink on heavy Worthy paper.
Author(s):
Aesop
Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
America at the Factory Gate (1930)
This illustration was probably prepared for a magazine cover, or to illustrate a magazine story. The source is currently unknown.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
At That Time (1947)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
At That Time (1948)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Ben and Me (1939)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Betsy Ross (1936)
Helen Bates tells the story of how General George Washington commissioned Betsy Ross to sew the first American flag.
Author(s):
Helen Dixon Bates
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Captain Kidd’s Cat (1956)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Children’s Hour Volume 2 (1953)
An anthology of fairy tales, old and new. The illustrations by Robert Lawson had previously appeared in Just for Fun.
The Children’s Hour Volume 4 (1953)
A collection of humorous and nonsense stories and verse. Includes a selection from Mr. Popper's Penguins, with illustrations by Robert Lawson.
Read online at archive.org.
The Children’s Hour Volume 5 (1953)
A copious collection of poetry. Includes Robert Lawson's illustrations to three poems of Jonathan Bing. The image on page 247 of Jonathan with a wheelbarrow does not appear in Just for Fun.
Read online at archive.org.
Compliments of the Household Magazine (1933)
Illustration to "When Those Imps Get Busy, Dirt Has No Chance" by Harriet W. Allard in Household Magazine, Volume 22, number 7, July 1933.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Connecticut Cookbook (1944)
This is a collection of recipes from Connecticut kitchens, equally adapted for wartime and peacetime.
Author(s):
The Woman’s Club of Westport
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Robert Lawson
Et al
Country Colic (1944)
Robert Lawson has written an illustrated glossary of the joys and travails of country living.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Crock of Gold (1942)
Author(s):
James Stephens
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
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