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Feodor Rojankovsky

Author, Illustrator

(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

Favorite Fairy Tales (1949)

A collection of traditional fairy tales.

Author(s): Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Firkin and the Grey Gangsters and Other Stories (2022)

A collection of original animal fantasies. Firkin is a red squirrel who fights back against the invasion of the American grey squirrels.

Author(s): Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

First Reader (1998)

Twelve Little Golden Books are here presented complete at full size. Read online at archive.org.

Flash: The Story of a Horse, a Coach-Dog and the Gypsies (1934)

The story of the fastest horse in the kingdom, sire of Powder, how he ran off with the gypsies, and finally comes home.

Author(s): Esther Averill
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Fluff, the Little Wild Rabbit (1937)

Fluff and his friend are separated over the hard winter but meet again in the spring.

Author(s): Lida
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Frog Went A-Courtin’ (1955)

Frog went a-courtin’, he did ride
Sword and pistol by his side.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): John Langstaff
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1956

Frou, the Hare (1937)

Frou and his friend are separated over the hard winter but meet again in the spring.

Author(s): Lida
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Gaston and Joséphine (1948)

Tells of the adventures of two French pigs who visit America.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Giant Golden Book of Cat Stories (1953)

A collection of thirty-five stories and poems about cats.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Giant Golden Book of Dog Stories (1953)

Thirty-one original stories and poems about dogs.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Giant Golden Book of Dogs, Cats and Horses (1957)

Sixty-one stories and poems about dogs, cats and horses.

The Golden Book of Birds (1943)

A collection of ten stories about birds.

Author(s): Hazel Lockwood
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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.

Author(s): Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Great Big Animal Book (1950)

Portraits of our animal friends.

Author(s): Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Great Big Wild Animal Book (1951)

Portraits of our wild animal friends.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Holy Bible, Catholic Edition (1960)

Based on the Confraternity edition, there are one-volume and two-volume editions. The Old Testament is illustrated by Rojankovsky, the New Testament by the Provensens (Alice and Martin).

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