Paul Galdone (June 2, 1907 – November 7, 1986) was an illustrator and writer known best for children's picture books.

Paul Galdone
Born(1907-06-02)June 2, 1907
Budapest, Austria-Hungary
DiedNovember 7, 1986(1986-11-07) (aged 79)
Nyack, New York, USA
OccupationIllustrator, writer
NationalityAmerican
Notable works
  • · Anatole
  • · The Gingerbread Boy; 'Three Little Kittens; The Little Red Hen; The Three Billy Goats Gruff
  • · George Washington's Breakfast

Early life edit

He was born in Budapest and he emigrated to the United States in 1921. He studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design. He served in the US Army during World War II.[1]

Career and honors edit

Galdone illustrated nearly all of Eve Titus' books, including Basil of Baker Street series which was translated to the screen in the animated Disney film, The Great Mouse Detective. Galdone and Titus were nominated for Caldecott Medals for Anatole (1957) and Anatole and the Cat (1958). The titles were later named Caldecott Honor books in 1971.[2]

His books Anatole (1956); Tom, Tom the Piper's Son (1964); and The Little Red Hen (1973) received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews.[3]

His retellings of classic tales like The Little Red Hen have become staples.[4][5]

He was posthumously awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contributions to children's literature.[6]

Death edit

On November 7, 1986 at age 79, he died of a heart attack in Nyack, New York.[7][8]

Selected works edit

Year Title Contribution Text
1946 The Little Green Car Illustrated by C. D. Emerson
1950 The Reluctant Landlord Illustrated by Scott Corbett
1951 Nine Lives; or, the celebrated cat of Beacon Hill Illustrated by Edward Fenton
1951 The kid who batted 1,000 Illustrated by Bob Allison and Frank Ernest Hill
1951 Of Mikes and Men Illustrated by Jane Woodfin
1952 Space Cat Illustrated by Ruthven Todd
1956 Anatole [9]
(series of ten to 1979)
Illustrated by Eve Titus
featuring a "mouse village" near Paris
1958 Basil of Baker Street
(series of five to 1982)
Illustrated by Eve Titus
featuring the "great mouse detective"
1959 Grandfather and I Illustrated by Helen E. Buckley
1959 Paddy the Penguin[10] Illustrated
1960 The Old Woman and Her Pig[11] Illustrated
1960 The Different Dog Illustrated by Dale Everson
1961 The House that Jack Built[12] Adapted and illustrated
1961 The Three Wishes[13] Adapted and illustrated
1962 The First Seven Days[14] Written and illustrated
1963 The Blind Men and the Elephant[15] Illustrated by John Godfrey Saxe, from the Indian fable Blind men and an elephant
1963 Paul Revere's Ride Illustrated from the American poem "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
1964 Tom, Tom the Piper's Son[16] Illustrated
1966 The History of Simple Simon[17] Illustrated
1969 Little Tuppen[18] Illustrated
1968 Henny Penny[19] Adapted and illustrated from the "Henny Penny" fable
1968 The Horse, the Fox and the Lion[20] Adapted and illustrated
1968 The Wise Fool[21] Illustrated
1969 George Washington's Breakfast[22] Illustrated by Jean Fritz
1969 The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale from India[23] Written and illustrated from one of the Indian Jataka tales
1969 The Life of Jack Spratt, His Wife & His Cat[24] Illustrated
1970 The Three Little Pigs[25] Adapted and illustrated from the fable The Three Little Pigs; with Joanna Galdone
1970 Androcles and the Lion[26] Adapted and illustrated
1971 Three Aesop Fox Fables[27] Adapted and illustrated from Aesop's Fables; with Joanna C. Galdone
1971 The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Adapted and illustrated from "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" tale
1972 The Three Bears [28] Adapted and illustrated from the "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" tale
1972 The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot Adapted and illustrated
1972 Honeybee's Party Illustrated
1973 The Little Red Hen [29] Adapted and illustrated from the "Little Red Hen" folktale
1973 The Three Billy Goats Gruff [30] Adapted and illustrated from the Norwegian fairytale Three Billy Goats Gruff
1974 Speak Up, Edie! Illustrated by Johanna Johnston
1974 Little Red Riding Hood [31] Adapted and illustrated from the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood
1974 Jack and the Beanstalk/The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of Her Son Jack[32] Adapted and illustrated from the Jack and the Beanstalk tale
1975 The Gingerbread Boy [33] Adapted and illustrated from the American fairytale The Gingerbread Boy
1976 Cinderella Adapted and illustrated from the Cinderella tale
1976 Puss in Boots [34] Adapted and illustrated from the French fairytale Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
1976 The Magic Porridge Pot[35] Adapted and illustrated
1977 The Tailypo: A Ghost Story Illustrated by Joanna Galdone from the tale "Tailypo"
1977 A Strange Servant[36] Illustrated Translated by Blanche Ross
1978 The Princess and the Pea Illustrated by Hans Christian Andersen from "The Princess and the Pea" fairytale
1979 Hans in Luck Adapted and illustrated from the "Hans in Luck" fairytale
1980 King of the Cats[37][38] Adapted and illustrated from the "King of the Cats" folktale
1981 The Three Sillies[39] Adapted and illustrated
1981 The Amazing Pig[40] Written and illustrated
1982 The Monster and the Tailor: A Ghost Story[41] Adapted and illustrated
1982 What's in Fox's Sack? An Old English Tale[42] Adapted and illustrated
1983 The Greedy Old Fat Man Written and illustrated
1983 The Turtle and the Monkey[43] Illustrated by Joanna C. Galdone
1984 The Elves and the Shoemaker Adapted and illustrated from the tale The Elves and the Shoemaker
1985 Rumpelstiltskin [44] Adapted and illustrated from the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale
1986 The Three Little Kittens Adapted and illustrated from the English nursery rhyme "Three Little Kittens"
1987 The Complete Story of the Three Blind Mice Illustrated by John W. Ivimey from the English nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice"
(posthumous publication)

References edit

  1. ^ Eshelman, Kristin (2012-08-09). "Paul Galdone greeting card illustrations donated to NCLC". Archives and Special Collections Blog. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. ^ Paul, Pamela (2011-03-24). "Classic Editions of Children's Folk Tales Reissued". ArtsBeat. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  3. ^ ANATOLE | Kirkus Reviews.
  4. ^ Lodge, Sally. "Paul Galdone Headlines HMH's New Folk Tale Classics". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  5. ^ Macpherson, Karen (2011-03-18). "Paul Galdone's charming illustrations refresh fairy tales". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  6. ^ "The Kerlan Award | University of Minnesota Libraries". www.lib.umn.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  7. ^ "Collection: Paul Galdone Papers | UConn Archives & Special Collections ArchivesSpace". archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  8. ^ Lodge, Sally. "Paul Galdone Headlines HMH's New Folk Tale Classics". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  9. ^ ANATOLE | Kirkus Reviews.
  10. ^ PADDY THE PENGUIN | Kirkus Reviews.
  11. ^ THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG | Kirkus Reviews.
  12. ^ THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT | Kirkus Reviews.
  13. ^ THE THREE WISHES | Kirkus Reviews.
  14. ^ THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS | Kirkus Reviews.
  15. ^ THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT | Kirkus Reviews.
  16. ^ TOM, TOM THE PIPER'S SON | Kirkus Reviews.
  17. ^ THE HISTORY OF SIMPLE SIMON | Kirkus Reviews.
  18. ^ LITTLE TUPPEN | Kirkus Reviews.
  19. ^ HENNY PENNY | Kirkus Reviews.
  20. ^ THE HORSE, THE FOX AND THE LION | Kirkus Reviews.
  21. ^ THE WISE FOOL | Kirkus Reviews.
  22. ^ GEORGE WASHINGTON'S BREAKFAST | Kirkus Reviews.
  23. ^ THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE | Kirkus Reviews.
  24. ^ THE LIFE OF JACK SPRAT, HIS WIFE & HIS CAT | Kirkus Reviews.
  25. ^ THE THREE LITTLE PIGS | Kirkus Reviews.
  26. ^ ANDROCLES AND THE LION | Kirkus Reviews.
  27. ^ THREE AESOP FOX FABLES | Kirkus Reviews.
  28. ^ THE THREE BEARS | Kirkus Reviews.
  29. ^ THE LITTLE RED HEN | Kirkus Reviews.
  30. ^ THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF | Kirkus Reviews.
  31. ^ LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD | Kirkus Reviews.
  32. ^ THE HISTORY OF MOTHER TWADDLE AND THE MARVEL… | Kirkus Reviews.
  33. ^ THE GINGERBREAD BOY | Kirkus Reviews.
  34. ^ PUSS IN BOOTS | Kirkus Reviews.
  35. ^ THE MAGIC PORRIDGE POT | Kirkus Reviews.
  36. ^ A STRANGE SERVANT | Kirkus Reviews.
  37. ^ Galdone, Paul (1980). King of the Cats : a ghost story. Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916. New York: Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books. ISBN 0395290309. OCLC 5171415.
  38. ^ KING OF THE CATS | Kirkus Reviews.
  39. ^ THE THREE SILLIES | Kirkus Reviews.
  40. ^ THE AMAZING PIG | Kirkus Reviews.
  41. ^ THE MONSTER AND THE TAILOR | Kirkus Reviews.
  42. ^ WHAT'S IN FOX'S SACK? | Kirkus Reviews.
  43. ^ THE TURTLE AND THE MONKEY | Kirkus Reviews.
  44. ^ RUMPELSTILTSKIN | Kirkus Reviews.


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