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Robert Lawson
(Robert (Rob, Robin) Ripley Lawson)
(1892 - 1957)
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).
Bibliography
Fatima: This Younger Crowd (1928)
This advertisement for a national account appeared in The Golden Book Magazine in February 1928 volume VII number 38, page 54 of the advertising section.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
A Final Touch of Beauty on Each Everlasting Shingle (1927)
This advertisement for asbestos cement shingles appeared in The Country Gentleman magazine in 1927.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1937)
This is a compilation of longer traditional nonsense verse such as The Robber Kitten and Frog Went A-Courting. Many are quite violent.
Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Helen Dean Fish
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Francis Scott Key (1936)
This brief biography tells of the life of Francis Scott Key, the author of The Star Spangled Banner.
Author(s):
Helen Dixon Bates
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
From the Horn of the Moon (1931)
In this second book about the adventures of the Wee Men, we learn about the Moving of the Bog, Willie the Wagger and the Fishing Clan, and the Pigs in the Castle. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.
Author(s):
Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
From the Horn of the Moon (1937)
In this second book about the adventures of the Wee Men, we learn about the Moving of the Bog, Willie the Wagger and the Fishing Clan, and the Pigs in the Castle. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.
Author(s):
Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Gaily We Parade (1940)
This is a collection of short poems about people you know and people you would like to know. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Garden of Kurd Mirza (1919)
An illustration for a short story published in The Century Magazine, in the September 1919 issue on page 643. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Esther Forbes
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Gates of the City (1920)
A fantasy painting; may have been used in a magazine.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Geisha (1921)
A spot illustration for an article in The Century Magazine, published in 1921.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
God's Little Tumbler (1916)
A play for children, adapted from the Medieval French Legend of the XII century. Appeared in the Delineator Volume 89, page 394, in 1916. December issue, page 8. Read online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Louise Collier Willcox
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Golden Horseshoe (1936)
Tamar is a half English and half Indian girl who accompanies her father and brother while disguised as the Indian Raccoon on an expedition to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains in colonial Virginia.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Great Wheel (1957)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Greetings From Rabbit Hill (1939)
Robert and Marie Lawson famously drew greeting cards to pay for their first home in Connecticut. That did not discourage them from sending their own Christmas cards in later years.
See several cards online at freelibrary.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Greylock and the Robins (1946)
Author(s):
Tom Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Haven’s End (1933)
This is the story of a New England town, a family - the Swales - and their home.
Author(s):
John P. Marquand
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Hellements of Hickonomics (1936)
The noted Canadian humorist mixes light verse with the dismal science.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
High Tension (1938)
Unable to find employment as an engineer during the Great Depression, Haines worked nights as an electric lineman on a railroad. That experience was the basis for his first two books, Slim and this book (High Tension).
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
William Wister Haines
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The House of Usher (1930)
An etching illustrating The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe.
Author(s):
Edgar Allen Poe
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The House That Grew Smaller (1931)
Author(s):
Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson