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Tibor Gergely
(1900 - 1978)
Tibor Gergely (1900-1978) was an artist best known for his work in several popular children’s books. Born in Budapest in 1900, he studied art briefly in Vienna before emigrating to the United States in 1939, where he settled in New York City.
Largely a self-taught artist, he also contributed several covers of The New Yorker, mostly during the 1940s. Among the most popular children’s books Gergely illustrated are The Happy Man and His Dump Truck, Busy Day Busy People, The Little Red Caboose, The Fire Engine Book, Tootle, Five Little Firemen, Five Hundred Animals from A to Z, and Scuffy the Tugboat.
Many of his better known books were published by Little Golden Books. His best work is collected in The Great Big Book of Bedtime Stories. Gergely died in 1978, in New York.
As of 2001, Tootle was the all-time third best-selling hardcover children’s book in English, and Scuffy the Tugboat was the eighth all-time bestseller.
Bibliography
Exploring Space (1958)
A look at rockets, how they work and what they can do.
Author(s):
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
George Solonewitsch
Farm Tales (2007)
A collection of nine classic Little Golden Books.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Gustaf Tenggren
Garth Williams
Et al
Fire Engines (1959)
When the fire alarm goes off, the firemen hop on the fire engines and off they go to put the fire out.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Five Hundred Animals from A to Z (1970)
Surely the largest, most inclusive animal picture book of them all.
Author(s):
Joseph A. Davis
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Five Little Firemen (1948)
“The finest fire is the fire that’s out,” sing the five little firemen. Later editions have fewer pages.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Folding Father (1942)
This is an extract from Notre Dame of the Waves, a maritime novel, translated into English as Last Port of Call.
Author(s):
Heinrich Hauser
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Forgetful Elephant (1945)
Little Max wants to be a circus performer like the rest of his elephant family.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jean Greene
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
From Then to Now (1954)
A look at prehistoric life for young readers.
Author(s):
J. P. Leventhal
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Gergely’s Golden Circus (1954)
A large-format look at the circus.
Author(s):
Peter Archer
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Giant Little Golden Book about Dogs (1957)
More than forty types of dogs are illustrated, with some hints on training.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Goat in the Boat (1964)
An activity book of rhymes and writing.
Author(s):
Barbara Shook Hazen
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Golden Book of Nursery Tales (1948)
A collection of favorite nursery tales.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Golden Calendar 1966 (1965)
A calendar and activity book with a bear family.
Author(s):
Peggy Parish
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Golden Grab Bag of Stories, Poems and Songs (1951)
A nice compendium of stories, poems and songs.
Author(s):
Marion Conger
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Golden Picture Book of Questions and Answers (1957)
Interesting facts about the world around us.
Author(s):
Horace Elmo
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Golden Story Book of River Bend (1969)
A collection of stories about the animals of River Bend.
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Golden Story Treasury (1951)
A collection of stories, poems and songs, drawn from the earlier collection The Golden Grab Bag.
Author(s):
Marion Conger
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Golden Treasure Book (1951)
An early Golden Book treasury featuring some of the most successful artists.
The Good Humor Man (1964)
Not only does he bring joy to children with his ice cream truck, he also finds a lost puppy.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Great Big Fire Engine Book (1950)
Ding, ding, ding! goes the fire engine bell and the firemen are off in their engines to fight the fire.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely