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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

Robin Hood (1948)

This version of the Robin Hood legends was first published in 1912.

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

Roger Mouse’s Wish (1949)

Roger Mouse likes to play Indian, and now he has his own Indian outfit!

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

A Room for the Night (1946)

A book of reminiscences of the author’s childhood in Vermont.

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

The Sailor Dog (1953)

Scuppers the dog becomes a sailor.

Read online at archive.org

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

Shame on You, Baby Whale! (1948)

The baby whale gets a jellyfish stuck in his throat.

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

Silly Mysteries (1975)

Three friends, two mysteries and a mystery surprise.

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

The Sky Was Blue (1963)

Her mother tells a little girl that life has been much the same for many generations.

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

Stuart Little (1945)

Stuart Little is only two inches tall, but he has great adventures.

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Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Stuart Little (1999)

Stuart Little is only two inches tall, but he has great adventures. For this edition Rosemary Wells has colored the illustrations.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Rosemary Wells
Garth Williams

A Tale of Tails (1962)

Why doesn’t everyone have a tail?

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Author(s): Elizabeth H. MacPherson
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Tall Book of Make-Believe (1950)

An anthology of poems and stories.

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

These Happy Golden Years (1953)

In the final installment of Laura Ingalls’ biography she becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.

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

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1944

Things I Like (1982)

A picture book showing animals doing and liking all sorts of things.

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

This Little Giraffe Wants to Play (1948)

The little giraffe is lonely, but then his mother and father show him his new baby sister.

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

Three Bedtime Stories (1958)

This collection includes The Three Little Kittens, The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs.

Read online at archive.org

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

Three Little Animals (1956)

The two older little animals decide to dress up and go out and see the world of men. The littlest animal makes a suit of clothes then follows them and brings them home.

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

The Tiger Kitten’s Poor, Poor Tail (1948)

The baby tiger was exploring and got stuck in a hollow log.

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

Tiny Animal Stories (1948)

Twelve tiny Little Golden Books about animal babies and their families.

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

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