Miska Petersham
(1888 - 1960)
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
Children of the Mountain Eagle (1927)
The story of a girl who lives in the mountains of Albania.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
The Christ Child (1931)
The story of the Nativity from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Miska Petersham
The Circus Baby (1950)
Mother elephant decides it is time her baby learned proper table manners.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska 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.
Claire Huchet Bishop
Margaret Wise Brown
Wanda Gág
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Louis Slobodkin
Et al
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Louis Slobodkin
Tasha Tudor
Et al
David (1938)
The story of David from the fight with Goliath to King of Israel.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
The Easy Book: First Lessons in Reading (1926)
A beginning reader.
Miska Petersham
The Enchanted Forest (1920)
Six new fairy tales. Read online here.
Miska Petersham
Everyday Canadian Primer (1928)
An early reader for Canadian schools.
Fannie Wyche Dunn
H. H. MacKenzie
Ashley H. Thorndike
Miska Petersham
Everyday Classics: First Reader (1922)
An elementary school reader -- includes some music. Read online at archive.org.
Fannie Wyche Dunn
Ashley H. Thorndike
Miska Petersham
Everyday Classics: Second Reader (1923)
An elementary school reader. Read online at Hathitrust.
Mildred Leona Batchelder
Ashley H. Thorndike
Miska Petersham
Everyday Stories (1929)
An elementary school reader.
Franklin T. Baker
Ashley H. Thorndike
Miska Petersham
The F-U-N Book (1923)
An elementary school reader.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
The F-U-N Book for Canadian Boys and Girls (1930)
An elementary school reader.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Far Away Hills (1929)
An elementary school reader.
Wilhelmina Harper
Miska Petersham
Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines (1917)
A story about children living in the Philippines for American children. Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Five Little Friends (1922)
Five school friends and their adventures in school and out. Read online at gutenberg.org.
Miska Petersham
The Four and Lena (1938)
Four children and a goose head for the mountains for the summer.
Miska Petersham
Fun with Polly Parrot (1940)
An elementary school reader.
Rose Wickey
Miska Petersham
Get-A-Way and Hary Janos (1933)
A worn-out stuffed horse and a broken-down toy soldier travel to the land where toys become new again.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
Good English (1918)
An elementary school textbook of English composition. This is the original one-volume edition. Read online at archive.org.
John Baker Opdycke
Miska Petersham