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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

Tiny Nonsense Stories (1949)

Twelve tiny Little Golden Books about animals having fun.

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

Tucker’s Countryside (1969)

The adventures of a city bred cat and mouse when they go to the country in Connecticut to visit their friend, Chester Cricket. A sequel to “The Cricket in Times Square.”

Read online at archive.org. 

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

The Turret (1963)

Miss Bianca, Bernard and the Mouse Prisoner’s Aid Society are called on to rescue Miss Bianca’s mortal enemy from a gruesome fate.

Read online at archive.org

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

Tux ’n Tails (1945)

A humorous inside look at the life of a waiter.

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

The Two Snowbulls (1949)

Oliver is sick in bed so his Daddy makes him a snowbull he can see through his bedroom window.

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

The Two Stuck-in-the-Mud Rhinoceroses (1948)

When they fall asleep after their mud-bath the mother rhinoceros and her baby get stuck when the sun hardens the mud.

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

Uncle Quack (1949)

Don’t worry! “Then with a smirk he et it!”

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

The Very Best Home for Me! (1981)

In this story about animal homes, a cat, a dog, a bird, a turtle, a bunny, a chick, and a squirrel all live together in a little house in the woods.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Wait Till the Moon Is Full (1948)

When the moon is full the little raccoon comes out to play.

Read online at archive.org

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

The Whispering Rabbit (1965)

When a bumble bee gets stuck in his throat, the little rabbit can only whisper.

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

The Whispering Rabbit, and Other Stories (1965)

Includes The Whispering Rabbit, Scupper’s Song, The Friendly Book, The Golden Egg Book and poems.

Why the Little Elephant Got Spanked (1948)

The little elephant goes off to see what his father is doing and his mother starts to worry.

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

The Wonderful Silly Picnic (1949)

Little Dorothy Donkey takes her first trip to the beach.

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

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