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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
Nursery Friends from France (1925)
A collection of songs, nursery rhymes and tales from France intended for younger children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Off to Bed: Seven Stories for Wide-Awakes (1954)
Short animal bed time stories.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Pathway to Reading Primer (1925)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Bessie Blackstone Coleman
James Fleming Hosic
Willis Lemon Uhl
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Peppernuts (1958)
The four Peppernut children enjoy living in an old hunting lodge in the woods. They help buy it so their family will not have to move.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
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The Picnic Book (1934)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Jean Young Ayer
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Pinocchio (1932)
The story of the little wooden puppet who wished to become a real boy.
Author(s):
Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Pleasant Pathways (1928)
A primary school reader.
Author(s):
Aymer Jay Hamilton
Wilhelmina Harper
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Poppy Seed Cakes (1924)
A collection of short stories about two not-very-good children told by Aunt Katushka.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margery Clark
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Pran of Albania (1929)
The story of a fourteen-year-old girl in nineteenth century Albania who rejects an arranged marriage.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Cleveland Miller
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Reading to Find Out (1923)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Frances Ross
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Religion: First Course (1920)
A textbook of religion for Catholic grammar schools that utilizes the Socratic method. This is apparently the student edition. Read online at Hathitrust.
The collection of questions is much longer. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Roderick Aloysius MacEachen
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Rich Cargoes: Book VI (1931)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
William Dodge Lewis
Elizabeth J. Marshall
Sydney Vanferson Rowland
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Ring of the Löwenskölds (1931)
A tale of jealousy and revenge from beyond the grave. Includes three novelettes: The General’s Ring, Charlotte Löwensköld, and Anna Svard.
Author(s):
Selma Lagerlöf
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1951)
Two tales, one of the layabout who slept for twenty years and the other of the pumpkin-headed night rider on Halloween.
Author(s):
Washington Irving
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles (1945)
A collection of songs and jingles.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Rootabaga Pigeons (1923)
More American fairy tales by the poet of the prairies. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Rootabaga Stories (1922)
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Rootabaga Stories (1951)
Omnilbus collection of American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies including Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Ruth (1938)
How a Moabite woman became the great-grandmother of the king of Israel.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Silver Mace (1956)
A brief history of the colonial capitol of Virginia up to the time of the revolution.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham