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Garth Williams

Author, Illustrator

(1912 - 1996)

Garth Montgomery Williams was an American artist who came to prominence in the American postwar era as an illustrator of children’s books. Many of the books he illustrated have become classics of American children’s literature.



Bibliography

Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather and Other Funny Stories (1973)

A collection of animal stories, which includes several from the Tiny Golden Library series.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): J. P. Miller
Garth Williams

“Meow,” Said the Fierce Baby Lion (1948)

The baby lion gets ready to practice his hunting skills.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Miss Bianca: a Fantasy (1962)

Miss Bianca and Bernard, representatives of the Mouse Prisoners Aid Society, set out to rescue a little girl from an evil Duchess.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines (1966)

Miss Bianca and Bernard, intrepid leaders of the Mouse Prisoners’ Aid Society, are tasked with rescuing Teddy-age-eight from the salt mines.

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Author(s): Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself (1952)

Crispin’s Crispian meets a little boy who belongs only to himself and invites him to live in Crispian’s two story dog house, so he does.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Mrs. Sheep’s Little Lamb (1949)

Little Rose is helping her mother shop at the grocery store when she gets lost.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

My Bedtime Book (1964)

This collection includes “Animal Friends,” and “Mister Dog,” and poems from “The Friendly Book.”

My Big Golden Counting Book (1957)

Counting to ten with animal friends. This is the folio edition of “My First Counting Book.”

Author(s): Lilian Moore
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

My First Counting Book (1956)

Counting to ten with animal friends.

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Author(s): Lilian Moore
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

My First Counting Book (1956)

Counting to ten with animal friends. This is a board book.

Author(s): Lilian Moore
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Naughty Little Guest (1949)

Margaret’s invisible friend Estelle is being very naughty today.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Old Meadow (1987)

Chester Cricket and his friends help one of the oldest inhabitants of the Meadow keep his house.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): George Selden
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

On the Banks of Plum Creek (1953)

In this fourth volume of her family saga, the Ingalls family moves to Minnesota and settles on the banks of Plum Creek.

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Author(s): Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1938

Over and Over (1957)

A little girl learns about the changing seasons of the year, and on her birthday, wishes for them to happen all over again.

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Author(s): Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Poor Frightened Mr. Pig (1949)

Robert dresses up as a witch for Halloween and scares his father - but what is that in the kitchen?

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Push Kitty (1968)

Kitty White does not seem to be enjoying his role as a baby.

Author(s): Jan Wahl
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Rabbits’ Wedding (1958)

The little black rabbit finally asks the little white rabbit to marry him - she says yes!

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Garth Williams
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Rescuers: A Fantasy (1959)

In this, the first adventure of the Mouse Prisoners’ Aid Society, Miss Bianca and Bernard are joined by the Norwegian mouse, Nils, in the rescue of a poet from the Black Castle.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Ride a Purple Pelican (1986)

A collection of nonsense poems illustrated by Garth Williams.

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Author(s): Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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