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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
Man and His World (1958)
Stories and poems about the natural world for older readers.
Mathematics for Success (1952)
Lucky highschoolers in the 1950’s got to study mathematics out of a textbook illustrated by Robert Lawson.
Author(s):
Mary A. Potter
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
McWhinney’s Jaunt (1951)
Professor Ambrose Augustus McWhinney invents a powerful lifting gas with which he fills the tires of his bicycle and sets out on a cross country bicycle tour.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Miranda is a Princess (1937)
Miranda is a princess of Catalonia. In this fantasy, the Catalonians send the army of Castile packing, thanks to the puppet master Papa ‘Tero.
Author(s):
Emma Gelders Sterne
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Money in My Socks Says Pat O'Brien Go Jingle 'em 'an See (1921)
The publication details of this image have not yet been located. View online at freelibrary.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Moon Sailing (1921)
This illustration appeared in The Designer and The Woman's Magazine for March 1921.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Moonshine (1916)
Illustration to a poem. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Leolyn Louise Everett
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
More About Jonathan Bing (1936)
This first periodical publication of More About Jonathan Bing appeared in Child Life for June 1936 on page 249 (volume xv, number vi). There is an additional illustration which did not appear in Just for Fun or in The Children's Hour volume 5.
Author(s):
Beatrice Curtis Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
More Stories About the Potato Face Blind Man (1922)
This is the first periodical publication of a story about the Potato Face Blind Man from Rootabaga Stories printed in The Designer and The Woman's Magazine, probably in January 1923.
The image above is available online at freelibrary.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Mountain Mist (1917)
Illustration to a poem. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Hesper Le Gallienne
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Moving of the Bog (1931)
This chapter from From the Horn of the Moon was published in St. Nicholas magazine, Volume LVIII, Number 9, July 1931, page 644. The pictures by Robert Lawson are printed at much larger scale than in the book.
Author(s):
Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Mr. Popper’s Penguins (1938)
When Mr. Popper unexpectedly becomes the proprietor of a troupe of penguins, he takes them on the road to make ends meet.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Florence Atwater
Richard Atwater
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Mr. Revere and I (1953)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Mr. Revere and I (1953)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Mr. Twigg’s Mistake (1947)
Arthur Amory Appleton finds a mole in the garden, names him General de Gaulle and feeds him on Bita-Vita Breakfast food with vitamin X. The results are astounding.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Mr. Wilmer (1945)
When William Wilmer learns, on his 29th birthday, that he can understand animals and talk to them, his dreary life gets a change for the better -- and wilder.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Mr. Wilmer (1946)
On his twenty-ninth birthday William Wilmer discovers that he can converse with animals. From then on, life became highly exciting and lots of fun. This is the first British edition.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Nelly Custis Daughter of Mount Vernon (1937)
Nelly Custis was the granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband. She was adopted by George and Martha at the age of four and grew up at Mount Vernon.
Author(s):
Rose Mortimer Ellzey MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Nimp and Old Noah (1934)
An illustration from an as-yet unlocated source.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Nimp Comes to Life (1934)
Two illustrations for a story about a statue that comes to life. The source has not been located.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson