Feodor Rojankovsky
(1891 - 1970)
Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky (December 24, 1891 – October 12, 1970) was a Russian émigré illustrator. He won the 1956 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration from the American Library Association, recognizing Frog Went A-Courtin’ by John Langstaff.
Rojankovsky was married to author Nina Rojankovsky. He often wrote under the the pseudonym of Rojan.
Bibliography
Grandfather’s Farm Panorama: Ten Feet Long (1943)
Ten folding cardboard pages with a panorama of grandfather’s farm on both sides. The top edge of the interior pages is die cut.
The Great Big Animal Book (1950)
Portraits of our animal friends.
The Great Big Wild Animal Book (1951)
Portraits of our wild animal friends.
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Hop, Little Kangaroo (1965)
The little kangaroo’s mother leaves him to come home on his own and he has to learn to hop.
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Horses and Their Friends (1962)
A collection of stories and poems about horses, dogs and cats.
Elizabeth Coatsworth
How the Camel Got His Hump (1942)
At the beginning, the camel refused to work for the first three days, so the Djinn gave him a hump, and now he can work three days without resting.
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How the Leopard Got His Spots (1942)
At the beginning of things, the leopard and the Ethiopian change their colors to camouflage.
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How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (1942)
After the rhinoceros eats the parsee’s cake, the latter gets even and the rhinoceros gets his wrinkled skin.
I Am a Fox (1967)
A little fox introduces his family and neighbors.
I Can Count (1963)
Counting at the zoo.
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I Like the City (1956)
A book of songs for elementary schools. Companion Book 1 part 2.
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Et al
I Like the Country (1956)
A song book for elementary grades. Companion Book 1 part 1.
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Et al
I Play at the Beach (1955)
A girl enjoys a sunny day at the beach.
Kathryn and Byron Jackson’s The Big Elephant (1973)
The elephant retires from the circus and settles down in a small town.
Kathryn Jackson
Kitty on the Farm (1989)
The little boy has a new kitten, but he needs a name for her.
Little Golden Book Farm Favorites (2012)
An collection including A Day on the Farm, A Name for Kitty and The Jolly Barnyard.
Nancy Fielding Hulick
Phyllis McGinley
J. P. Miller
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Little Golden Mother Goose (1957)
Seventy-five favorite Mother Goose rhymes.
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More Mother Goose Rhymes: 57 Favorite Rhymes (1958)
Fifty-seven lesser known rhymes.
Mother Goose Rhymes: 154 Childhood Favorites (1958)
An omnibus edition of The Little Golden Mother Goose and More Mother Goose Rhymes, along with ten additional pages to bring the total to 154.
Mother Goose Rhymes and Other Childhood Favorites (1972)
A generous selection of the work of Feodor Rojankovsky including nursery rhymes, folk tales, Bible stories and even Robinson Crusoe.
Georges Duplaix
Phyllis McGinley
Feodor Rojankovsky