Feodor Rojankovsky
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Description
Feodor Stepanovich "Rojan" Rojankovsky (Russian: Фёдор Степанович Рожанковский) (December 24, 1891 – October 12, 1970), also known as Rojan, was a Russian émigré illustrator. He is well known both for children's book illustration and for erotic art. He won the 1956 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration from the American Library Association, recognizing Frog Went A-Courtin' by John Langstaff.
Books
The Tall Book of Mother Goose
A selection of many familiar and traditional nursery rhymes such as: Baa Baa, Black Sheep; Humpty Dumpty; Little Jack Horner; Pussycat, Pussycat; and Simple Simon
Little Golden Book classics
This collection of three stories includes the retelling of a favorite fairy tale, a young cow that thinks the grass is tastier on the other mountain, and a young kangaroo that cannot hop.
Over in the Meadow
An old nursery poem introduces animals and their young and the numbers one through ten.
The three bears
Wild animals
Animals in the zoo
Names and provides a full-page picture for a zoo animal for each letter of the alphabet.
Frog went a-courtin'
Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.
F. Rojankovsky's ABC
Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by illustrations of familiar objects such as airplane, button, clown, etc.