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
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.
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.
Miska Petersham
Reading to Find Out (1923)
An elementary school reader.
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.
Miska Petersham
Rich Cargoes: Book VI (1931)
An elementary school reader.
Elizabeth J. Marshall
Sydney Vanferson Rowland
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.
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.
Miska Petersham
The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles (1945)
A collection of songs and jingles.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
Rootabaga Pigeons (1923)
More American fairy tales by the poet of the prairies. Read online at Hathitrust.
Miska Petersham
Rootabaga Stories (1951)
Omnilbus collection of American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies including Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons.
Miska Petersham
Ruth (1938)
How a Moabite woman became the great-grandmother of the king of Israel.
Read online at archive.org.
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.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
Stories from the Old Testament: Joseph, Moses, Ruth, David (1938)
Four favorite Old Testament stories of the Patriarchs.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Stories from the Rootabaga Country (1958)
A collection of Rootabaga stories by the poet of the prairies.
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Aircraft (1935)
A book about airplanes and flying.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Clothes (1933)
An illustrated book about the clothes we wear and where they come from.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Coal (1935)
A book about coal and its many uses.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Coal and Oil (1948)
An anthology containing The Story Book of Coal and The Story Book of Oil.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Corn (1936)
A book about the wonder-grain of the Americas.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Cotton (1939)
A look at how cotton is grown and used.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham