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For years I've seen some of these books in antique stores and remember seeing them on the shelves at family and friends houses. These are small hardbound books with black and white silhouettes on the front cover and the spine, with the spine having various colors. The covers never were really inviting, so I never knew what was the big deal about these books.
After all these years I bought a few and peeked inside -- and they are a goldmine!
I found this detailed explanation and list of books and illustrators. 40 volumes! And several picture books condensed in each volume!
Many of the illustrations are the same as the original book, sometimes adapted into two-color reprints. And here's a snippet about the illustrators:
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| For a researcher in children's literature, perhaps the most intriguing part of the series is the illustrators. Their names are not given on the table of contents page, but are found only on the title page of the individual story. Because of this lack of credit, most of the illustrations done in this series are not mentioned in bibliographies of the artists' work. Thanks to the efforts of art director Diana Klemin, many now-famous illustrators did some of their earliest work in this series, including Maurice Sendak, Ezra Jack Keats, Peter Spier, Barbara Cooney, Feodor Rojankovsky, Richard Scarry, and even Andy Warhol. |
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It's amusing to me how I wouldn't have thought much about these books until now, since I love these various picture books and illustrators. It takes new perspectives on some familiar things to help!
Oh, and I missed that Vintage Children's Books also reviewed these.
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Thought I would list the illustrators and authors to get a search hit:
Illustrators:
Adams, Adrienne 1906-
Alexandroff
Beck, Jack Wolfgang
Bennett, Richard 1899-1971
Bjorklund, Lorence T. 1913-1978
Bobri, Vladimir 1898-
Bonestell, Chesley 1888-1986
Bordigoni, Idelette
Bright, Robert 1902-1988
Browning, Colleen 1929-
Brunhoff, Jean de 1899-1937
Burris, Burmah
Charlip, Remy 1929-
Cleary, Joseph
Cooney, Barbara 1917-
Corrigan, Barbara 1922-
D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin 1898-1986
D'Aulaire, Ingri 1904-1980
de Angeli, Marguerite 1889-1987
Domanska, Janina 1912-
Eichenberg, Fritz 1901-1990
Elgin, Jill
Enright, Elizabeth 1909-1968
Erickson, Phoebe 1907-
Flack, Marjorie 1897-1958
Freeman, Don 1908-1978
Freeman, Lydia 1907-
Frost, A.B. 1851-1928
Galdone, Paul 1914-
Giordano, Joseph
Giusti, George 1908-
Goff, Lloyd 1919-
Gotlieb, Jules
Graboff, Abner 1919-
Gruelle, Johnny 1880-1938
Haas, Irene 1929-
Houlihan, Ray 1923-
Ipcar, Dahlov 1917-
Ives, Ruth
Jackson, Polly
Jacques, Robin 1920-
Keats, Ezra Jack 1916-1983
Kessler, Ethel 1922-
Kessler, Leonard 1921-
Kredel, Fritz 1900-1973
Lantz, Paul 1908-
Lear, Edward 1812-1888
Lee, Manning de V. 1894-1980
Legrand, Edy 1893-
MacDonald, Roberta
MacKenzie, Garry 1921-
MacLean, Robert
Micossi, Mario
Mitsui, Eiichi
Mordvinoff, Nicolas (See Nicolas)
Moss, Richard
Moy, Seong 1921-
Nicolas [Nicolas Mordvinoff] 1911-1973
Ninon [Ninon MacKnight] 1908-
O'Sullivan, Tom
Palazzo, Tony 1905-1970
Parsons, Virginia
Paull, Grace 1898-
Perls, Susan
Petersham, Maud 1889-1971
Petersham, Miska 1889-1960
Pitz, Henry C. 1895-1976
Plummer, William
Powers, Richard M. 1921-
Rojankovsky, Feodor 1891-1970
Roselli, Luciana
Rosenthal, Doris
Rowand, Phyllis
Scarry, Richard 1919-
Seaton, Walter
Sendak, Maurice 1928-
Seredy, Kate 1899?-1975
Shahn, Judith
Shenton, Edward 1895-1977
Sherman, Theresa 1916-
Shinn, Everett 1876-1953
Sibley, Don 1922-
Skilton, Elizabeth
Smith, Alice
Smith, Lawrence Beall 1909-
Spier, Peter 1927-
Steiner, Charlotte 1900-1981
Suba, Susanne 1913-
Swain, Suzan Noguchi 1916-
Tenniel, John 1820-1914
Thollander, Earl 1922-
Vasiliu, Mircea 1920-
Vestal, Herman B.
Vinson, Pauline
Warhol, Andy
Watson, Aldren A. 1917-
Webb, Addison
Weisgard, Leonard 1916-
Weiss, Harvey 1922-
Williams, Garth 1912-1996
Wilson, Dagmar 1916-
Wong, Jeanyee 1920-
Woodward, Hildegarde 1898-
Authors:
Adelson, Leone 1908-
Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888
Aldis, Dorothy 1896-1966
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey 1836-1907
Allingham, William 1824?-1889
Andersen, Hans Christian 1805-1875
Armstrong, April Oursler
Askjornsen, Peter Christen [Asbjornsen] 1812-1885
Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin 1875-1961
Baldwin, James
Baldwin, Sara E.
Bannon, Laura d.1963
Barksdale, Lena
Barr, Jene 1900-1985
Baum, L. Frank 1856-1919
Bennett, Richard 1899-1971
Bianco, Margery Williams 1881-1944
Black, Irma Simonton 1906-1972
Bragdon, Lillian J.
Bright, Robert 1902-1988
Brown, Margaret Wise 1910-1952
Brunhoff, Jean de 1899-1937
Bryan, Dorothy 1896?-1984
Bryan, Marguerite
Bryant, Sara Cone 1873-
Burgess, Thornton W. 1874-1965
Burnham, Smith
Burton, Hal
Carpenter, Frances 1890-1972
Carroll, Lewis 1832-1898
Carryl, Charles Edward 1841?-1920
Castle, Paul 1918- [Vernon Linwood Howard]
Chalmers, Audrey 1899?-1957
Clark, Margery
Clark, Mary Lou 1926- [Maria Louisa Clark]
Clarke, Katherine
Cleary, Beverly 1916-
Coatsworth, Elizabeth 1893-1986
Cody, William Frederick [Buffalo Bill]
Cole, Davis 1906-
Collison, Marjory
Collodi, Carlo 1826-1890
Copeland, Donalda McKillop
Copley, John S.
Craig, Gerald S.
Credle, Ellis 1902-
Crowley, Maude
D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin 1898-1986
D'Aulaire, Ingri 1904-1980
Dalgliesh, Alice 1893-1979
Davis, Lavinia R. 1909-1961
DeAngeli, Marguerite 1889-1987
Defoe, Daniel 1660?-1731
Dickens, Charles 1812-1870
Dodworth, Dorothy
Dolbier, Maurice 1912-
Duvoisin, Roger 1904-1980
Eaton, Mary Warner
Elliott, Blanche
Elting, Mary 1906-
Enright, Elizabeth 1909-1968
Epstein, Beryl 1910-
Epstein, Sam 1909-
Estes, Eleanor 1906-1988
Farjeon, Eleanor 1881-1965
Felt, Sue 1924-
Field, Eugene 1850-1895
Field, Rachel 1894-1942
Fish, Helen Dean 1890-1953
Flack, Marjorie 1897-1958
Freeman, Don 1908-1978
Freeman, Lydia 1907-
Frere, Mary
Fyleman, Rose 1877-1957
Gardner, Lillian 1907-
Gay, Jan
Gay, Zhenya 1906-1978
Gorham, Michael 1906-
Greene, Carla 1916-
Grimm, Jakob 1785-1863
Grimm, Wilhelm 1786-1859
Gruelle, Johnny 1880-1938
Gruenberg, Benjamin C. 1875-1965
Hale, Lucretia P. 1820-1900
Hamsher, Florence
Harmer, Mabel 1894-
Harris, Joel Chandler 1848-1908
Hawkes, Hester 1900-
Hawkins, Quail 1905-
Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804-1864
Haynes, Olive V.
Haywood, Carolyn 1898-1990
Henderson, Barbara
Henry, Marguerite 1902-
Hoffmann, E.T.A. 1776-1822
Hoke, Helen 1903-
Holberg, Richard 1889-1942
Holberg, Ruth 1889-
Holland, Marion 1908-1989
Howells, William Dean 1837-1920
Huntington, Harriet E. 1909-
Hurd, Edith Thacher
Hurley, Beatrice Davis
Ipcar, Dahlov 1917-
Irving, Washington 1783-1859
Jacobs, Joseph 1854-1916
Jones, Ella Gates
Keller, Martha
Kessler, Ethel 1922-
Kessler, Leonard 1921-
Key, Francis Scott
Kimball, Sabra Mallett
Kingsley, Charles 1819-1875
Kipling, Rudyard 1865-1936
Knight, Eric 1897-1943
Krasilovsky, Phyllis 1926-
Lang, Andrew 1844-1912
Lear, Edward 1812-1888
Leavitt, Jerome 1916-
Lee, Tina
Leeming, Joseph 1897-1968
Lemmon, Robert S. 1885-1964
Lewellen, John 1910-1956
Ley, Willy 1906-1969
Lindman, Maj 1886-1972
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 1807-1882
Lovelace, Maud Hart 1892-1980
Mabie, Hamilton Wright 1845?-1916
MacDonald, Betty 1908-1958
MacDonald, George 1824-1905
MacDonald, Golden 1910-1952
Mace, Harry
Mace, Kay
MacLeod, Mary d.1914
MacNab, Mary
Martin, Bernard 1928-1982
Martin, Bill
Martini, Teri 1930-
Mason, Bernard S. 1896-1953
McCutcheon, John T.
McDevitt, Jean
Miner, Irene 1906-
Mitchell, Elmer D.
Moe, Jorgen Engebretsen 1813?-1882
Moon, Carl 1879-1948
Moon, Grace 1877?-1947
Moore, Clement C. 1779-1863
Moore, Lilian 1909-
Moran, Connie
Moran, Jim
Morley, Christopher 1890-1957
Mulock, Dinah Maria 1826-1887
Neal, Harry Edward 1906-1993
Go Fly a Kite (31:101-116)
North, Robert 1900-1970 [Carl Withers]
Oursler, Fulton 1893-1952
Palazzo, Tony 1905-1970
Paull, Grace 1908-
Peattie, Donald Culross 1898-1964
Perrault, Charles 1628-1703
Petersham, Maud 1889-1971
Petersham, Miska 1889-1960
Podendorf, Illa 1903?-1983
Potter, Miriam Clark 1886-1965
Rhoads, Dorothy 1895-
Richards, Laura E. 1850-1943
Riley, James Whitcomb 1849-1916
Ripley, Robert L.
Ruskin, John 1819-1900
Sage, Juniper
Salaff, Alice
Sayers, Frances Clarke 1897-
Schlein, Miriam 1926-
Schneider, Herman 1905-
Schneider, Nina 1913-
Schwarcz, Gladys
Selsam, Millicent E. 1912-1996
Severn, Bill 1914-
Severn, Sue 1918-
Sewell, Anna 1820-1878
Sheinwold, Alfred
Sherman, Jane 1908-
Smith, Victor C.
Spyri, Johanna 1827-1901
Steiner, Charlotte 1900-1981
Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894
Swift, Jonathan 1667-1745
Tappan, Eva March 1854-1930
Teeters, W.R.
Tennyson, Alfred 1809-1892
Terhune, Albert Payson 1872-1942
Thorne, Diana 1894-
Tousey, Sanford d.1961
Unnerstad, Edith 1900-
Van Der Marck, Alfred
Vinson, Pauline
Wadsworth, Wallace 1894-1933
Walpole, Ellen Wales
Wells, Rhea 1891-
Whitehouse, Arch 1895-1979 [Arthur George Whitehouse]
Whittier, John Greenleaf 1807-1892
Wilder, Laura Ingalls 1867-1957
Williams, Margery 1881-1944
Williamson, Hamilton
Zolotow, Charlotte 1915-
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Thank you, Jenn, for posting this. I was not aware of this series. I also am very particular about illustrations. This gives me a bone to chew on 
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 Well I have a few volumes and haven't really taken any notice Thanks for the heads up.
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You know how when you don't pay attention or see something the first time, but you do a search on something else and this thread comes up....and you realize this is really cool...and you may in fact have some of these books because they look familiar...but you didn't really pay much attention to them either because like Jenn said the covers aren't really inviting....?  
So, I don't know how I missed this way back (except by the date it was in the week before our trip home the last Christmas before my dad died). But I was searching one of the author's names tonight and found this thread. When I looked at the link, I thought, "Hey I have some of those books." My mom had given them to me some years ago though I don't know where she got them as they weren't around when I was little. They got put on a rarely perused bookshelf so didn't pay much attention to them after that. Now, I am thinking, "These are really cool and vintage, with wonderful authors and illustrators." Love it. So I have 5 books and will be keeping my eyes open. My kids are too old to appreciate at this point - hopefully for the future grandkids, as I know my daughter especially loves vintage books...
JennGM wrote:
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A huge reminder that you we can't judge a book by its cover... !
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