Wanda Gág - American author and illustrator, 1893-1946 Wanda Gág - Self-Portrait American author and illustrator, 1893—1946. Ernestine Evans, editor for a new publisher, was determined to make children’s books using the best fine-art artists in America. She knew the art of Wanda Gág— Gág’s pictures, she recollects, were “beautiful,
Hergé - Belgian author and artist, 1907-1983 Hergé Belgian author and artist, 1907-1983. Translated into over thirty languages, Hergé’s adventure stories about the brave and resourceful young reporter Tintin are popular with both children and adults throughout the world In twenty-four book-length comic strips, Tintin and his faithful fox terrier,
Louisa May Alcott - American novelist, 1832-1888 Louisa May Alcott American novelist, 1832-1888. After considering several careers, including acting, Louisa May Alcott learned that her talent and her earning power lay in writing; and though she had aspirations of writing serious novels for adults, she was in demand for the
Robert Louis Stevenson - British author, 1850-1894. Robert Louis Stevenson British author, 1850-1894. Known primarily for his swashbuckling adventure stories such as Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886), it is the romance of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life as much as the novels he wrote that has captured the imaginations of
Jacob Grimm: German Author, 1785-1865; Wilhelm Grimm: German Author, 1886-1859. Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm Jacob: German Author, 1785-1865; Wilhelm: German Author, 1886-1859. The brother Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, German scholars, philologists tors, and editors, are best remembered for Kinder-und Hausmarchen (KHM), translated under the titles Nursery and Household Tales or
Charles Buckles Falls - American illustrator, 1874-1960 Charles Buckles Falls American illustrator, 1874-1960. When Charles Buckles Falls created his well-known ABC Book (1923), he was already a noted poster artist, having designed posters for the theater and for the government during World War I. In fact, illustration of books for