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
The Story of Mr. Punch (1929)
A history of the Punch and Judy show.
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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.
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Elmer Hader
The Story of the Three Bears (1928)
Three bears against one little girl.
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Elmer Hader
The Story of the Three Bears (1990)
Three bears against one little girl.
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Elmer Hader
Stripey: A Little Zebra (1939)
The adventures of a young zebra.
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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.
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Timothy Has Ideas (1943)
A cocker spaniel gets into trouble when he explores his world.
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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.
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Elmer Hader
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.
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Elmer Hader
The Ugly Duckling (1927)
One of the duck’s new chicks is uncommonly ugly.
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The Ugly Duckling (1990)
One of the duck’s eggs hatches out an ugly chick.
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A Visit from St. Nicholas (1937)
A Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
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A Visit from St. Nicholas (1990)
T’was the night before Christmas,
and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse.
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Wee Willie Winkie & Some Other Boys and Girls from Mother Goose (1990)
More nursery rhymes in a Happy Hour book.
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Elmer Hader
What’ll You Do When You Grow Up??? (1929)
Humorous verses explore possible careers.
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Elmer Hader
Whiffy McMann (1933)
The story of a girl and her kitten.
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Elmer Hader
The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)
Ethan Allen Hawley decides he wants to be rich, and chooses to act dishonestly to become so.
Wish on the Moon (1954)
The animals help Mrs. McGinty with her garden and there is enough for all.
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Elmer Hader
The Wonderful Locomotive (1928)
Peter takes Old 44 on her last magical transcontinental run from New York to San Francisco and back in six days.
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Working Together: The Inside Story of the Hader Books (1937)
An illustrated look at how two artists work together.
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Elmer Hader