Berta Hader
(1890 - 1973)
Berta Hoerner Hader (August 1, 1890 – February 6, 1976) was born in San Pedro, Coahuila, Mexico. She and her husband Elmer jointly illustrated more than 70 children’s books, about half of which they also wrote. They won the annual Caldecott Medal for The Big Snow (1948), recognizing the year’s “most distinguished American picture book for children”.
Bibliography
Little Elephant (1930)
Jimmy the elephant’s mother teaches him what he needs to know to grow up to be a lord of the jungle.
Elmer Hader
The Little Red Hen (1928)
The little red hen plants some wheat and invites her neighbors to help her grow the grain to make some bread … but they have better things to do until …
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
The Little Red Hen (1990)
The little red hen plants some wheat and invites her neighbors to help her make it into flour to bake a cake, but they have better things to do … until …
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
The Little Stone House (1944)
The author/artists tell the story of how they built themselves a house in the woods from the native stone and timber.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
Little Tootsies Paper Dolls (1990)
A collection of paper dolls that were originally drawn for magazine publication.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
Little Town (1941)
A pictorial presentation of life in small town America.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
Little White Foot (1952)
The story of a field mouse and the little stone house.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
Lost in the Zoo (1951)
John Henry gets lost on a visit to the zoo, can you help find him?
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
Márcos, a Mountain Boy of Mexico (1937)
Marcos sets out to seek his fortune.
Elmer Hader
Midget and Bridget (1934)
The story of two donkeys traveling south of the Rio Grande.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
The Mighty Hunter (1943)
The mighty hunter skips school to go hunting, but an encounter with a bear makes him decide that he should work on his education.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
Mister Billy’s Gun (1960)
Mr. Billy decides there is more than one way to keep the wild creatures from eating him out of house and garden.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
A Monkey Tale (1929)
The little monkey is on the lookout for danger, and uses his loud cry to alert the animals of the jungle when it threatens.
Elmer Hader
Mr. Peck’s Pets (1947)
Mr. Peck rescues animals in distress and adds them to his household.
Elmer Hader
The Old Woman and the Crooked Sixpence (1928)
An old woman asks some passers-by to help get her pig over the stile.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
Picture Book of Mother Goose (1994)
A collection of nursery rhymes, songs and games.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
The Picture Book of Travel (1928)
The story of how we get from here to there.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
The Play-Book of Words (1933)
A vocabulary-building book. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Elmer Hader
Quack-Quack: The Story of a Little Wild Duck (1961)
Quack-Quack loses his way while flying over the ocean, and a little girl helps him find his way back home.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader
Rainbow’s End (1945)
Toby Tubbs, ship’s carpenter, and his cat Blackie are shipwrecked, and decide to settle down and build a house on the shore.
Elmer Hader
Elmer Hader