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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

The Long Valley (1938)

A baker’s dozen short stories by the Nobel laureate

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Author(s): John Steinbeck
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Lost in the Zoo (1951)

John Henry gets lost on a visit to the zoo, can you help find him?

Love in the Sun (1940)

A young man and his wife rough it on the Cornish coast as he works on his novel.

Author(s): Leo Walmsley
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Márcos, a Mountain Boy of Mexico (1937)

Marcos sets out to seek his fortune.

Author(s): Melicent Humason Lee
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1937

Midget and Bridget (1934)

The story of two donkeys traveling south of the Rio Grande.

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.

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1944

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.

The Monk of Hambleton (1928)

Detective Peter Creighton gets caught up in a mystery after a strike at a tannery.

Author(s): Armstrong Livingston
Illustrator(s): 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.

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

Mr. Peck’s Pets (1947)

Mr. Peck rescues animals in distress and adds them to his household.

Author(s): Louise H. Seaman
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Mutiny Island (1928)

The captain and crew of the Splendid Dawn are marooned on Mutiny Island after they are captured by tender-hearted pirates.

Author(s): Charles M. Bennett
Illustrator(s): 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.

The Perilous Night (1942)

A novel of the Revolutionary War.

Author(s): Burke Boyce
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Picture Book of Mother Goose (1994)

A collection of nursery rhymes, songs and games.

The Picture Book of Travel (1928)

The story of how we get from here to there.

The Play-Book of Words (1933)

A vocabulary-building book. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Prescott Lecky
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
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.

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.

Reading for Fun (1939)

An elementary school reader.

Reindeer Trail (1959)

The story of how Laplanders brought their herds of tame reindeer to succor the natives of Alaska.

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