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Maud Petersham
(1890 - 1971)
Maud Fuller Petersham (August 5, 1890 – November 29, 1971) and Miska Petersham (September 20, 1888 – May 15, 1960) were American writers and illustrators who helped set the direction for illustrated children’s books as we know them today. The Petershams worked closely with such pioneering children’s book editors as Louise Seaman Bechtel and May Massee, and with such innovative printers as Charles Stringer and William Glaser. They worked as a seamless partnership for more than five decades. Both prolific and versatile, they produced illustrations for more than 120 trade and textbooks, anthologies, and picture books. Of the 50 books they both wrote and illustrated, many were recognized with important awards or critical acclaim. They are known for technical excellence, exuberant color, and the introduction of international folk and modernist themes.
Bibliography
Albanian Wonder Tales (1936)
A collection of folk tales from Albania.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Post Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
An American ABC (1941)
Each letter has a large illustration and a patriotic essay.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
America’s Stamps (1947)
The stamps issued in the first hundred years of her existence are made the occasion for pictures and stories of history.
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Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Ark of Father Noah and Mother Noah (1930)
The story of the flood from Genesis.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
As True as the Barnacle Tree (1939)
A study of medicinal herbs. Frontispiece is by the Petershams.
Author(s):
Anita M. Smith
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Anita M. Smith
Auntie (1932)
Celia Jane spends a year with her Auntie, then when she is grown up and has a son of her own Auntie comes to live with her.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Beckoning Road: Book VII (1931)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
William Dodge Lewis
Elizabeth J. Marshall
Sydney Vanferson Rowland
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Best In Children’s Books Volume 1 (1957)
An anthology of favorite stories, many with new illustrations.
Best In Children’s Books Volume 10 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best In Children’s Books Volume 10A (1963)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. This revised edition substitutes an extract from Charlotte’s Web for Traveling the Underground Railroad.
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Best In Children’s Books Volume 17 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 2 (1957)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new and different illustrators.
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Best In Children’s Books Volume 31 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 42 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 7 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
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Best in Children’s Books Volume 8 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
The Billy Bang Book (1927)
A little boy and his wild animal friends have many adventures.
Author(s):
Mabel Guinnip La Rue
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
A Bird in the Hand: Sayings From Poor Richard’s Almanac (1951)
A collection of Ben Franklin’s most well known sayings.
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Author(s):
Benjamin Franklin
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Box with Red Wheels: A Picture Book (1949)
The barnyard animals are curious to find out what is in the box with red wheels.
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Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Boy Who Had No Heart (1955)
A clown helps a selfish boy reform.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham