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Elmer Hader
(1889 - 1973)
Elmer Stanley Hader (September 7, 1889 - September 7, 1973) and his wife Berta 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
Cock-a-Doodle Doo (1939)
In this case it’s a rooster raised by a duck in a familiar story.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Cricket: The Story of a Little Circus Pony (1938)
The story of a little pony who performs in the circus.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Ding Dong Bell, Pussy’s In the Well (1957)
Tiger finds a home, and a fortune.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Don Coyote (1927)
A western novel about a shy cowboy who saves the heroine's father’s mine.
Author(s):
Whitman Chambers
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
Donald in Numberland (1927)
A trip to Numberland helps Donald with his math.
Author(s):
Jean Murdoch Peedie
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Down Ryton Water (1941)
An account of the Pilgrims’ voyage to America, from the point of view of a young boy.
Author(s):
E. R. Gaggin
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
Drawn Together … In Art … In Love … In Friendships (2016)
A dual biography of the author-illustrators.
Author(s):
Sybilla A. Cook
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
East of Eden (1952)
A dynastic novel set in the Salinas Valley of California, considered by the author his magnum opus.
Author(s):
John Steinbeck
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
Everyday Fun (1935)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Julia Letheld Hahn
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Farmer (1937)
A picture book about farming, and a visit to the State Fair.
Author(s):
Henry Bolles Lent
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Farmer in the Dell (1931)
A look at life on the farm in the olden days.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Friendly Phoebe (1953)
A couple find a baby phoebe in their yard and raise it ‘by hand’ until it is ready to fly away on its own.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Garden of the Lost Key (1929)
A mystery story.
Author(s):
Forrestine Cooper Hooker
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
The Ghostland: A Novel (1940)
The story of a family that moved to a farm in the Ozarks just before the depression, and fought it out.
Author(s):
Fred Rothermell
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
A Good Little Dog (1930)
Bingo, a wire-haired fox terrier, is jealous of Betty and Bob’s rag doll, Matilda. But when danger threatens, he comes through.
Author(s):
Anne Stoddard
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
After the boom times of World War I and the roaring twenties, the farm population was not ready for the hard times of the 1930’s. And many in the Oklahoma dust bowl picked up and made for the promised land of California.
Author(s):
John Steinbeck
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
Green and Gold: The Story of the Banana (1936)
The amazing story of how the banana became America’s favorite fruit.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Hansel and Gretel (1927)
Lost in the woods, two children come upon a gingerbread house.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Hansel and Gretel (1990)
Two children lost in the forest come upon a cottage made of gingerbread.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Here, Bingo! (1932)
This is the third book in the Bingo series.
Author(s):
Anne Stoddard
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader