Garth Williams
No one has illustrated animals with as much warmth, humor, and realism as Garth Williams. This classic-full of piglets, kittens, calves, and bunnies-is one of his best. Simple, humorous text identifies each fuzzy, furry, or feathery farm animal ... [... more]
Random House |
A Garth Williams Treasury of Best-Loved Golden Books
 Excellent book: "A Garth Williams Treasury of Best-Loved Books" is a must have, right up there with "The Golden Books Treasury of Elves and Fairies". Williams is one of the best children's illustrators. His drawings have such magic [... more]
$19.99
Amazon.com |
Rosemary Wells
Rosemary Wells, author and illustrator of almost eighty books, considers Garth Williams one of the true geniuses of twentieth-century book illustration. Applying a very simple palette befitting the story's setting, Ms. Wells hopes her watercolors ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Garth Williams
Garth Williams (1912-1996) illustrated almost one hundred books for children, including the beloved Stuart Little, also by E. B. White, Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban, and the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. [... more]
Harper Collins |
The Cricket in Times Square
Amazon.com Review: One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tires, hooting of horns, howling of brakes, and the babbling of voices--is interrupted by a sound that even Tucker Mouse, a jaded inhabitant [... more]
$6.50
Amazon.com |
Over and Over
Terrific book!: I had the same experience as one of the other reviewers. I found this book in the library after not seeing it for 25 years. I had just loved the pictures and the descriptions of warm doughnuts, jack-o-lanterns, chocolate eggs and other [... more]
$7.99
Amazon.com |
The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies (A Golden ...
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!: OMG!! I had this book when I was a little girl - probably got it when it first came out. I was known for reciting the "Down in the meadows where the katydid's hop" poem throughout my parent's social group by the age of 4. [... more]
$19.99
Amazon.com |
The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His ...
Amazon.com Review: One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tires, hooting of horns, howling of brakes, and the babbling of voices--is interrupted by a sound that even Tucker Mouse, a jaded inhabitant [... more]
$6.99
Amazon.com |
The Rabbits' Wedding
censorship: This is the book that opened my eyes to the censorship of books. Around 1960, this book was quite controversial and banned in some places. I had just started working in a library and went immediately to the book to see what the fuss was about. [... more]
$16.99
Amazon.com |
The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies (A Golden ...
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!: OMG!! I had this book when I was a little girl - probably got it when it first came out. I was known for reciting the "Down in the meadows where the katydid's hop" poem throughout my parent's social group by the age of 4. [... more]
$16.99
Amazon.com |
A Little House Collection: The First Five Novels
Nice Compilation, but why not all 9?: For those looking for a nice reading collection of the Little house books, this is a great start. One large book containing the first 5 novels in the little house series. The illustrations are somewhat sparse, but [... more]
$40.00
Amazon.com |
Home for a Bunny A Golden Lap Book
What a great, sweet book!: This is such a sweet little book! Probably not much past age 5, but the story has a bunny looking for a place to stay or a home of his own. He proceeds to ask everyone he meets if he can live with them and they all say no. [... more]
$6.99
Amazon.com |
