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Erik Blegvad
(1923 - 2014)
Erik Blegvad was born in Denmark and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Copenhagen. Mr. Blegvad has illustrated more than one hundred children’s books, including Twelve Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Riddle Road by Elizabeth Spires, Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear! by N. M. Bodecker, and Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude by Louise Borden.
Erik and his wife Lenore Blegvad divided their time between England, France, and Wardsboro, Vermont.
Memorials were posted at: http://memories-of-erik.tumblr.com/?et_mid=659874&...
Bibliography
Superstitious? Here’s Why! (1954)
Common superstitions and how they originated.
Read online at achive.org.
Author(s):
Julie Forsyth Batchelor
Claudia de Lys
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Swineherd (1958)
The emperor’s daughter does not appreciate the neighboring prince or his gifts, but she will kiss the swineherd.
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Swing in the Summerhouse (1967)
When two of their friends disappear from the summerhouse, Eleanor and Eddy know they must break their promise and rescue them.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (1971)
A boy grieves over the death of his cat.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Judith Viorst
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
This Is Me (1986)
A toddler introduces us to his world.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lenore Blegvad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
This Little Pig-A-Wig and Other Rhymes About Pigs (1978)
A collection of poems about pigs.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lenore Blegvad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Three Little Pigs (1980)
The three pigs set out into the world again, a world inhabited by ravenous wolves.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Erik Blegvad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Time Bike (2000)
In this, the sixth installment in the adventures of the transcendentalist clan from Concord, Eddy receives the gift of a bicycle from India that takes the rider through time.
Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
A Time to Recall: The Delights of a Maine Childhood (1963)
The author describes her childhood growing up in Maine at the turn of the twentieth century.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Helen V. Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Twelve Tales (1994)
A varied selection of classics and lesser-known tales by the Danish master.
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Types Best Remembered / Types Best Forgotten (1993)
A collection of essays on types, loved and hated, by contemporary typographers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Village Band Mystery (1956)
When the Village Hall burns down, Lauri and Garnet set to work to find out what happened to the band instruments.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lee Kingman
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Water Pennies and Other Poems (1991)
A collection of poems, chiefly about bugs.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Well Met by Witchlight (1973)
Three children ally with a sweet little witch to defeat the schemes of an evil black witch.
Author(s):
Nina Beachcroft
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Where the Lilies Bloom (1970)
A young girl helps support her family by gathering herbs in the mountains of North Carolina.
Author(s):
Bill Cleaver
Vera Cleaver
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Where’s Willie? (1961)
The black kitten and Peter play hide-and-seek.
Author(s):
Seymour Reit
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Wind’s Child (1973)
A black cat tells the story of the Wind’s child.
Author(s):
Mark Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Winter Bear (1974)
A boy out for a winter walk finds a teddy in a tree and rescues it.
Author(s):
Ruth Craft
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
With One White Wing: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures (1995)
A collection of clever original riddles in rhyme.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Spires
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Woman’s Day Calendar (1983)
From 1955 to 2004 Erik Blegvad drew the annual calendar for Woman’s Day Magazine. The twelve individual pages frequently featured Scriptural quotations.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad