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Elmer Hader

Author, Illustrator

(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

Home is Here (1941)

The story of an Italian American family in San Francisco.

Author(s): Sidney Meller
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Home on the Range (1955)

Jerry goes out West to be a cowboy, and swaps places with his friend Little Bear to see what it would be like to be an Indian.

How Dear to My Heart (1940)

A biography of growing up in Missouri, by the popular journalist and radio host.

Author(s): Mary Margaret McBride
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Humpy: Son of the Sands (1937)

The story of a baby camel who travels to an oasis and saves a traveler’s life.

Author(s): Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

The Isle of Que (1948)

In this story set along the Susquehanna River, a flood alters the lives of the Yoder family.

Author(s): Elsie Singmaster
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Jamaica Johnny (1935)

Johnny Morgan lives on the Island of Jamaica in the Caribbean.

Jimmy the Groceryman (1934)

An elementary school reader designed to give children information on how the world works.

Author(s): Jane Miller
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Lion Cub: A Jungle Tale (1931)

The story of Leo, a lion cub.

Author(s): Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Lions and Tigers and Elephants Too (1930)

Polly visits the zoo and converses with the animals in rhyming couplets.

Little Antelope: An Indian for a Day (1962)

Johnny visits the American Museum of Natural History and imagines what it would be like to be an Indian in the olden days.

Little Appaloosa (1949)

Ben lives on a ranch out west and receives an Appaloosa pony of his own to raise, train and ride.

Little Chip of Willow Hill (1958)

The adventures of a chipmunk set down by the Haders.

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.

Author(s): Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
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 …

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 …

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.

Little Tootsies Paper Dolls (1990)

A collection of paper dolls that were originally drawn for magazine publication.

Little Town (1941)

A pictorial presentation of life in small town America.

Little White Foot (1952)

The story of a field mouse and the little stone house.

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