Garth Williams
Personal Information
Description
Garth Montgomery Williams (April 16, 1912 – May 8, 1996) was an American artist who came to prominence in the American postwar era as an illustrator of children's books. Many of the books he illustrated have become classics of American children's literature. In Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and in the Little House series of books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Williams['s] drawings have become inseparable from how we think of those stories. In that respect ... Williams['s] work belongs in the same class as Sir John Tenniel's drawings for Alice in Wonderland, or Ernest Shepard's illustrations for Winnie the Pooh.
Books
The chicken book
An informal survey of chicken biology and embryology, the cock and hen in art, song, folklore, literature, and religion, the historical, economic, and anthropological importance of the chicken, cockfighting, domestication, and the cooking and eating of chicken and egg.
Baby animals
The rabbits' wedding
Two rabbits decide they want to remain friends forever, so they marry each other in a forest wedding.
Animal Friends
Rabbits' Wedding
Two rabbits decide they want to remain friends forever, so they marry each other in a forest wedding.
Bedtime for Frances
It's bedtime for Frances! But Frances can't seem to get to sleep. What will help her get to sleep?
Benjamin's treasure
A rabbit gets stranded on a deserted island with a trunk full of treasure and must find his way home.
Baby's first book
Brief text relates a baby's daily activities by featuring vocabulary words such as clock, bed, bath, puppy, and cake.