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Robert Lawson

(Robert (Rob, Robin) Ripley Lawson)

Author,Illustrator,Compiler

(1892 - 1957)

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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).



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Adam of the Road (1942)

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In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player.

The Newbery Award seal was applied to the dust jacket by the time of the second printing in June 1943. The paper in the first printing is unusually heavy for a war time book, but by the second and third printings, it had noticably decreased in thickness.

The green cloth binding of the first printing became blue in subsequent printings.

Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Aesop’s Fables (1941)

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Here are all the old familiar fables from The Hare and the Tortoise to The Fox and the Crow and many others that are not as well known.  This is The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf edition.  It is a smaller format than the original Heritage Press edition printed on light weight, uncoated paper (which is subject to considerable foxing) and lacks the colophon.  The design of the box is the same as the dust jacket. 

There is also a Heritage Reprints edition, slightly smaller in size on even thinner but coated paper.  Between the two the Reprints edition shows the illustrations to better advantage.  

Author(s): Aesop
Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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At That Time (1947)

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Robert Lawson’s memoir of growing up is set in suburban New Jersey in the early twentieth century. While aimed at older readers, younger ones will find much to enjoy as well. He is particularly good on the subject of kites, their proper construction and flying. The cover illustration does not appear in the book.

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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At That Time (1948)

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Robert Lawson’s memoir of growing up is set in suburban New Jersey in the early twentieth century. While aimed at older readers, younger ones will find much to enjoy as well. He is particularly good on the subject of kites, their proper construction and flying. The dust jacket illustration appears at the head of chapter three.

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Ben and Me (1939)

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In this, the first of Robert Lawson’s biographies of famous men written by their pets, Amos the mouse reveals the real story behind the Benjamin Franklin legend.

From the invention of the Franklin Stove (based on a design by Amos) to his successful term as the United States ambassador to France, the talented mouse was at the great man’s side with his advice and counsel.

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Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Betsy Ross (1936)

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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

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Captain Kidd’s Cat (1956)

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Being the True and Dolorous Chronicle of Wm. Kidd, Gent. & Merchant of New York. Late Captain of the Adventure Galley. Of the Vicissitudes attending His Unfortunate Cruise in Eastern Waters, of His Incarceration in Newgate Prison, of His Unjust Trial and Execution. As Narrated by His Faithful Cat McDermot, who ought to know.

In this, his fourth biography written by the subject’s pet, following on the success of “Ben and Me,” and “I Discover Columbus” and “Mr. Revere and I,” illustrator Robert Lawson returns to his earlier pen-and-ink style for the illustrations.

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Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Children’s Hour Volume 5 (1953)

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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.

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Author(s): Robert Browning
Lewis Carroll
Charles E. Carryl
Alfred Noyes
Robert W. Service
Various
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth Orton Jones
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Robert Lawson
Et al

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The Connecticut Cookbook (1944)

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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

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Country Colic (1944)

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Robert Lawson has written an illustrated glossary of the joys and travails of country living.

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Crock of Gold (1942)

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A fantasy about a philosopher, leprecauns, policemen and a crock of gold among others.

Author(s): James Stephens
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Delineator August 1921 (1921)

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Robert Lawson drew an illustration for a poem Fairy Mischief on page 17. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Arthur Guiterman
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

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The Delineator February 1922 (1922)

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Robert Lawson drew illustrations for The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat on page 18. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

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The Delineator July 1921 (1921)

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Robert Lawson drew an illustration for The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat on page 18. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): George R. Chester
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

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