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Maud Petersham
(1890 - 1971)
Maud Fuller Petersham (August 5, 1890 – November 29, 1971) and Miska Petersham (September 20, 1888 – May 15, 1960) were American writers and illustrators who helped set the direction for illustrated children’s books as we know them today. The Petershams worked closely with such pioneering children’s book editors as Louise Seaman Bechtel and May Massee, and with such innovative printers as Charles Stringer and William Glaser. They worked as a seamless partnership for more than five decades. Both prolific and versatile, they produced illustrations for more than 120 trade and textbooks, anthologies, and picture books. Of the 50 books they both wrote and illustrated, many were recognized with important awards or critical acclaim. They are known for technical excellence, exuberant color, and the introduction of international folk and modernist themes.
Bibliography
The Broom Fairies and Other Stories (1922)
A collection of eight new fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Ethel May Gate
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children (1916)
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Maud Fuller
Children of Ancient Britain (1922)
A reconstruction of how children lived in prehistoric Britain. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louise Lamprey
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Children of the Mountain Eagle (1927)
The story of a girl who lives in the mountains of Albania.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Cleveland Miller
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Children’s Hour Volume 8 (1953)
A collection of myth, legend and folktale.
Read online at archive.org.
A Child’s Own Book of Verse: Book One (1917)
Short poems for younger children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Frances Gillespy Wickes
Illustrator(s):
Maud Fuller
Michael Petersham
A Child’s Own Book of Verse: Book Three (1917)
Yet longer poems for somewhat older children.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Frances Gillespy Wickes
Illustrator(s):
Maud Fuller
Michael Petersham
A Child’s Own Book of Verse: Book Two (1917)
Longer poems for older children.
Author(s):
Ada M. Skinner
Frances Gillespy Wickes
Illustrator(s):
Maud Fuller
Michael Petersham
The Christ Child (1931)
The story of the Nativity from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Circus Baby (1950)
Mother elephant decides it is time her baby learned proper table manners.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 1 (1962)
This collection includes nursery rhymes, folk tales, favorite poems and nearly two dozen pictures books in somewhat condensed form.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 2 (1962)
This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.
David (1938)
The story of David from the fight with Goliath to King of Israel.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Easy Book: First Lessons in Reading (1926)
A beginning reader.
Author(s):
Jean Young Ayer
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Enchanted Forest (1920)
Six new fairy tales. Read online here.
Author(s):
William Bowen
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Everyday Canadian Primer (1928)
An early reader for Canadian schools.
Author(s):
Franklin T. Baker
Fannie Wyche Dunn
H. H. MacKenzie
Ashley H. Thorndike
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Everyday Classics: First Reader (1922)
An elementary school reader -- includes some music. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Franklin T. Baker
Fannie Wyche Dunn
Ashley H. Thorndike
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Everyday Classics: Primer (1922)
An elementary school reader. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Franklin T. Baker
Fannie Wyche Dunn
Ashley H. Thorndike
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Everyday Classics: Second Reader (1923)
An elementary school reader. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Franklin T. Baker
Mildred Leona Batchelder
Ashley H. Thorndike
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Everyday Stories (1929)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Jean Young Ayer
Franklin T. Baker
Ashley H. Thorndike
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham