- American, American Nursery rhymes, American poetry, Caldecott Medal
1946 Caldecott Medal winner.
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Warm, classical in form, effortless and spare.
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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About the book
- First published
- 1945
- Pages
- 64
- Publisher
- Collier Macmillan, Aladdin Paperbacks, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780027731002
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Maud Fuller was the daughter of a Baptist minister, She grew up with three sisters in a parsonage. The family moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Newburg, New York, and finally to Scranton, Pennsylvania. As a child, she loved picture books and to draw. After graduating from Vassar College she studied at the New York School Of Fine And Applied Art. Her first job was in the art department at the International Art Service, an advertising firm, where she met her husband, Miska Petersham. The Petershams began illustrating books together, at first only for other authors. In 1929 they wrote and illustrated their first book, Miki, about their son. In 1946, the couple received the Caldecott Medal
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