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
Guld the Cavern King (1918)
A story of the Kobalds in their caverns. Highly praised by Zona Gale. The first edition of 1917 does not have the three plates called for in the 1918 edition from the Bookshop for Boys and Girls, Women’s Educational and Industrial Union. Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Heights and Highways (1929)
An elementary school reader.
Hugh Lofting
Cornelia Meigs
Et al
Miska Petersham
History Stories for Primary Grades (1919)
An elementary school reader. Read online at Hathitrust.
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History Stories for Primary Grades: Indiana Edition (1920)
An elementary school reader with stories bases on American history. Contains a supplement based on Indiana history. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org.
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In Animal Land (1924)
An early elementary school reader.
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In Clean Hay (1953)
A Christmas story about a puppet show in Poland.
Miska Petersham
Jesus’ Story: A Little New Testament (1942)
Bible text from the King James Version (KJV)
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Miska Petersham
Joseph and His Brothers: From the Story Told in the Book of Genesis (1938)
Tells how his brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt, but God brought good out of evil and preserved his family from famine.
Read online at archive.org.
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Miska Petersham
The Language Garden: A Primary Language Book (1924)
An elementary school grammar book.
Inez M. Howard
Mae Howard
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Let’s Learn About Silk (1967)
The story of the making of silk.
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Let’s Learn About Sugar (1969)
Tells the story of sugar cane and sugar through the ages.
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Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Five (1946)
An anthology of American literature intended for high school juniors.
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Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Four (1945)
An anthology intended for high school sophomores.
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Literature: A Series of Anthologies: Book One (1943)
An anthology intended for seventh grade students.
Read online at archive.org.
Elizabeth Lehr
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Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Six (1947)
An anthology intended for high school seniors.
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Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Three (1944)
An anthology intended for high school freshmen.
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Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Two (1943)
An anthology intended for eighth graders.
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A Little Book of Prayers (1941)
A book of short prayers for children.
The Bible
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Little Girl Blue (1926)
When Winkie’s mother is reported to have died, she is expelled from her boarding school and enters the inferno of the orphanage system.
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Little Indians (1930)
An elementary school reader.
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