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Robert Lawson

(Robert (Rob, Robin) Ripley Lawson)

Author, Illustrator, Compiler

(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

Watchwords of Liberty New Edition (1957)

A collection of quotations from famous personages in American history. For this new edition, the author has revised the pledge and the first two paragraphs of the foreword. The final quotation is now from John Philpot Curran - Eternal Vigilance is th... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Wee Gillis (1938)

Wee Gillis must decide whether to be a Lowlander like his mother and raise long-haired cows or a Highlander like his father and stalk stags. This is the British first edition.

Author(s): Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Wee Gillis (1938)

This is the story of how Wee Gillis decides whether to live in the Scottish lowlands like his mother’s family, or in the highlands like his father’s people. This is the second book by the author and illustrator of Ferdinand. This is the l... View More

Author(s): Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1939

Wee Gillis (1938)

This is the story of how Wee Gillis decides whether to live in the Scottish lowlands like his mother’s family or in the highlands like his father’s people. This is the second book by the author and illustrator of Ferdinand. Read online at... View More

Author(s): Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1939

The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1930)

Arthur Mason was an Irish sailor and gold prospector. He learned about the Wee Men from his mother when he was a boy growing up in Ireland. In this first book he tells of the Night of the Big Wind and how the Wee Men recovered their bagpipes from the... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1937)

Arthur Mason was an Irish sailor and gold prospector. He learned about the Wee Men from his mother when he was a boy growing up in Ireland. In this first book he tells of the Night of the Big Wind and how the Wee Men recovered their bagpipes from the... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Wee Men of Ballywooden (1952)

Arthur Mason was an Irish sailor and gold prospector. He learned about the Wee Men from his mother when he was a boy growing up in Ireland. In this first book he tells of the Night of the Big Wind and how the Wee Men recovered their bagpipes from the... View More

Author(s): Arthur Mason
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The White Flower (1915)

This was Robert Lawson's first published illustration. It appeared in the January 30, 1915 issue of Harper's Weekly. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): William P. Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Wind of the Vikings (1937)

Karin Kincaid goes to stay with her grandmother and uncle on the island of Eday off the north coast of Scotland. She learns to sail and searches for a lost Viking treasure.

Author(s): Maribelle Cormack
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat (1922)

Prince Toofat meets Himself in the mirror and the two go through the Looking Glass into Fairyland where they meet the Great Foozlewhich and the Princess Oogalally.

Author(s): George R. Chester
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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