Laura Bannon
(1895 - 1963)
Laura Bannon (1895 – December 14, 1963) was an artist, illustrator, author and teacher from Chicago, Illinois. Bannon studied art in both Michigan and Illinois, earning degrees from Michigan State Normal School (now Western Michigan University) and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she later taught.
Her career as a children’s book author and illustrator began in 1939, earning her acclaim from the Children’s Reading Round Table of Chicago and the Society of Typographical Arts.
Laura Bannon’s Works Include: Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time, Tales from a Finnish Tupa, and Manuela’s Birthday.
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Bibliography
Baby Roo (1947)
A sailor finds a lost baby kangaroo and takes her home as a pet.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 13 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Laura Bannon
Brothers Grimm
Rachel Field
Et al
Paul Galdone
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 25 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Maj Lindman
Golden MacDonald
Mary Macnab
Laura E. Richards
Albert Payson Terhune
John Greenleaf Whittier
Et al
Irene Haas
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 30 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Rose Fyleman
Charles Kingsley
Charles Perrault
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Peter Spier
Et al
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 7 (1962)
A collection of myths, epics and tall tales.
Thomas Bulfinch
Pádraic Colum
Edith Hamilton
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Anne Burnett Malcolmson
Et al
Walter Crane
Fritz Eichenberg
Robert McCloskey
Glen Rounds
Et al
Rogue Reynard (1947)
The trickster fox defeats his enemies.
Story Parade Red Book (1937)
A collection of 39 stories for boys and girls by noted authors, and with numerous illustrations.
Margaret Wise Brown
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Charles Finger
Et al
Lois Lenski
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Henry C. Pitz
Kate Seredy
Et al
Tortilla Girl (1946)
Lupe wants a long-haired dog of her own.
Watchdog (1948)
A Mexican festival story of birds and dogs and children.