Logging you in...
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
How the Five Rusty Rats Helped to Find a New Village (1922)
This is the first periodical publication of part three of chapter 1 of Rootabaga Stories. The image above is online at freelibrary.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
How to Break Away and Go to the Rootabaga Country (1922)
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Hunting and Hiding (1920)
This illustration appeared in the November 1920 issue of The Designer and The Woman's Magazine. It is available online at freelibrary.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1933)
Author(s):
Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
I Discover Columbus (1941)
Aurelio the parrot tells the real story of what happened when Columbus met Isabella in 1492.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
I Hear America Singing (1937)
This is a collection of poems about cowboys, and trains, trappers and sawyers from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Northwoods to the Gulf.
The dark blue library binding is the JLG edition. The grey binding is the trade binding.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrators of Children’s Books: 1744-1945 (1947)
Essays on children’s book illustrators along with extensive bibliographies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Bertha E. Mahony
May Massee
Lynd Ward
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Lynd Ward
Et al
In Secret Service (1937)
Orphaned Leone, goddaughter of Napoleon becomes the Emperor’s ward and goes to live at court. In Jean Rosmer’s novel, Leone helps foil a Royalist plot against Napoleon.
Author(s):
Jean Rosmer Comtesse de Brahm
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Indian Chief and Prospector in the Snow (1925)
This illustration was probably prepared for a magazine story, but the source is currently unknown.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
It Depends on How You Look at It (1933)
This illustration appeared on the cover of a newspaper magazine, possibly This Week, in 1933 as Prohibition was being repealed.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Jack Frost On a Roof (1930)
This illustration was done as part of a series of advertisement for asbestos cement shingles manufactured by Johns-Manville.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Jolly Number Tales Book Two (1938)
Short stories that contain simple arithmetic problems. To be used along with the corresponding workbook. Only the cover illustration is by Robert Lawson.
Author(s):
William A. Brownell
Guy T. Buswell
Lenore John
Illustrator(s):
Florence J. Hoopes
Margaret C. Hoopes
Robert Lawson
Jolly Numbers Book One New Edition (1944)
A primary grades arithmetic workbook with a cover by Robert Lawson.
Author(s):
William A. Brownell
Guy T. Buswell
Lenore John
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Robert Lawson
Jonathan Bing Does Arithmetic (1936)
Author(s):
Beatrice Curtis Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
June (1925)
It is not known whether this illustration was part of a full calendar or was used in a magazine.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Just for Fun (1940)
The master illustrator brings new life to a collection of 13 traditional fairy tales and poems.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Just the Right Amount of Turkish (1930)
This illustration was used as the background art for a Chesterfield's cigarette advertisement.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Little Woman Wanted Noise (1943)
The little woman moved to the country, but she couldn’t rest and she had no peace of mind because it was so quiet. This story tells how she set about changing that. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.
Author(s):
Val Teal
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Little Woman Wanted Noise (1967)
The little woman moved to the country, but she couldn’t rest and she had no peace of mind because it was so quiet. This story tells how she set about changing that. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.
Author(s):
Val Teal
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Little Woman Wanted Noise (2013)
The little woman moved to the country, but she couldn’t rest and she had no peace of mind because it was so quiet. This story tells how she set about changing that. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.
Author(s):
Val Teal
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson