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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 Runaways: A Tale of the Woodlands (1956)

The woodland animals move to new homes when the bulldozers arrive.

The Skyrocket (1946)

Roger stows away for a trip around the world on the mail rocket.

The Smiths and Rusty (1936)

A family has adventures with its cocker spaniel.

Author(s): Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Snow in the City: A Winter’s Tale (1963)

Paul and Pamela enjoy winter in the big city.

Sonny Elephant: A Jungle Tale (1930)

An Indian elephant goes to the edge of the forest to find out more about this creature, man.

Author(s): Madge A. Bigham
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Sonny Elephant: A Jungle Tale (1942)

This second edition has fewer pages and fewer illustrations to this story of an Indian elephant whose curiosity takes him to the edge of the forest to find out more about this creature, man.

Author(s): Madge A. Bigham
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Spunky: The Story of a Shetland Pony (1933)

Spunky leaves his home in the Shetland Islands to come to America where he works in a circus, then ends up giving rides to children in a park.

Squirrely of Willow Hill (1950)

The squirrels have put away a goodly store of nuts for the winter, but they find a big banquet after a snow storm very acceptable.

Stop, Look, Listen (1936)

How to be safe on your walk to and from school.

The Story of Markets (1929)

A brief history of markets, from the town square to the New York Stock Exchange.

Author(s): Ruth Orton Camp
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

The Story of Mr. Punch (1929)

A history of the Punch and Judy show.

Author(s): Octave Feuillet
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

The Story of Pancho and the Bull with the Crooked Tail (1942)

Pancho captures the wild bull with the crooked tail and earns the reward of a silver mounted saddle, a purse of gold, and the biggest hat in all Mexico.

The Story of the Three Bears (1928)

Three bears against one little girl.

The Story of the Three Bears (1990)

Three bears against one little girl.

Stripey: A Little Zebra (1939)

The adventures of a young zebra.

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

Timothy and the Blue Cart (1930)

Three children spend the summer on a farm in New Hampshire and make friends with the vegetable man and the horse that pulls his blue cart.

Author(s): Elinor Whitney
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Timothy Has Ideas (1943)

A cocker spaniel gets into trouble when he explores his world.

Author(s): Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Tommy Thatcher Goes to Sea (1937)

Tommy had always wanted to go to sea on a sailing ship and at last his chance has come.

Two Is Company, Three’s a Crowd: A Wild Goose Tale (1965)

A pair of geese on their spring migration are helped by a human couple and decide to stay and raise their family.

The Ugly Duckling (1927)

One of the duck’s new chicks is uncommonly ugly.

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