adm | Golden Age Children's Book Illustrations

The Hardy Boys Book Series Collecting Guide

The Hardy Boys books celebrated their Diamond Jubilee in the year 2002. The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories by Franklin W. […]

Clair Bee’s Chip Hilton series is probably the finest boys’ books about sports ever published. They are also among the

From 1954 to 1978 Grosset & Dunlap published another Edward Stratemeyer series of Tom Swift books. This set was called

Tom Swift is one of Edward Stratemeyer’s most famous inventions. The series lasted essentially from 1910 until the mid-1990s, rivaling

Edward Stratemeyer – American publisher, writer 1862-1930 Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) grew up in the era when Americans were taught that

Betsy Lewin – American Author & Illustrator 1937- Betsy Lewin’s love of drawing emanates, she contends, from a childhood filled

Blair Lent – American Author & Illustrator 1930-2009 Self-described as “fat and clumsy at sports,” Blair Lent, an only child

Norton Juster: The Architect of Imagination Behind The Phantom Tollbooth Juster Norton’s The Dot and the Line (1963), a small

Ed Young – Chinese-American Illustrator 1931- Mice, elephants, wolves, and rabbits are among the many animals brought vividly to life

William Joyce – American Author, Illustrator and Filmmaker 1959- J. R. R. Tolkien spoke of the “cauldron of story.” If