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
Albanian Wonder Tales (1936)
A collection of folk tales from Albania.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
An American ABC (1941)
Each letter has a large illustration and a patriotic essay.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
America’s Stamps (1947)
The stamps issued in the first hundred years of her existence are made the occasion for pictures and stories of history.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Ark of Father Noah and Mother Noah (1930)
The story of the flood from Genesis.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
As True as the Barnacle Tree (1939)
A study of medicinal herbs. Frontispiece is by the Petershams.
Miska Petersham
Anita M. Smith
Auntie (1932)
Celia Jane spends a year with her Auntie, then when she is grown up and has a son of her own Auntie comes to live with her.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Beckoning Road: Book VII (1931)
An elementary school reader.
Elizabeth J. Marshall
Sydney Vanferson Rowland
Miska Petersham
Best In Children’s Books Volume 1 (1957)
An anthology of favorite stories, many with new illustrations.
Ingri d’Aulaire
Marjorie Flack
Rudyard Kipling
Various
Grace Paull
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 10 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Joseph Jacobs
Eric Knight
Et al
Fritz Kredel
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 17 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Charles Dickens
Edward Lear
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Ezra Jack Keats
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 2 (1957)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new and different illustrators.
Read online at archive.org.
Willy Ley
Various
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Best In Children’s Books Volume 31 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Margery Clark
Eleanor Estes
Joseph Jacobs
Et al
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Maurice Sendak
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 7 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Brothers Grimm
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Et al
Miska Petersham
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 8 (1958)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
Charles Perrault
Jonathan Swift
Et al
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
The Billy Bang Book (1927)
A little boy and his wild animal friends have many adventures.
Miska Petersham
A Bird in the Hand: Sayings From Poor Richard’s Almanac (1951)
A collection of Ben Franklin’s most well known sayings.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
The Box with Red Wheels: A Picture Book (1949)
The barnyard animals are curious to find out what is in the box with red wheels.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Boy Who Had No Heart (1955)
A clown helps a selfish boy reform.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Broom Fairies and Other Stories (1922)
A collection of eight new fairy tales. Read online at Hathitrust.
Miska Petersham
Children of Ancient Britain (1922)
A reconstruction of how children lived in prehistoric Britain. Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham