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Wanda Gág

Author, Illustrator, Editor, Translator

(1893 - 1946)

Wanda Hazel Gág was an American artist, author, translator and illustrator.

She is most noted for writing and illustrating the children’s book Millions of Cats, which won a Newbery Honor Award and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. It is the oldest American picture book still in print.

The ABC Bunny also received a Newbery Honor Award.

Her books Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Nothing at All each won a Caldecott Honor Award.

In 1940 a book of edited excerpts from her diaries covering the years 1908 to 1917 was published as Growing Pains; it received wide acclaim.



Bibliography

Tales from Grimm (1936)

Sixteen favorite tales, including ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ ‘The Musicians of Bremen,’ ‘Rapunzel,’ and ‘The Frog Prince.’

Read online at archive.org

Three Gay Tales from Grimm (1943)

Three more tales from the brothers Grimm, including ‘The Clever Wife,’ ‘The Three Feathers,’ and ‘Goose Hans.’

Read online at archive.org

Wanda Gag’s Story Book (1932)

This volume includes Millions of Cats, The Funny Thing and Snippy and Snappy.

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

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