Paul Galdone
(1907 - 1986)
Paul Galdone (June 2, 1907 - November 7, 1986) was an illustrator and writer known best for children’s picture books. 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 for the US Army during world War II.
He 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.
Bibliography
Anatole (1956)
Anatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftover food, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family—but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper.
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 17 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Charles Dickens
Edward Lear
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Ezra Jack Keats
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edward Shenton
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Charles E. Carryl
Eleanor Estes
Helen Dean Fish
Washington Irving
Frances Clarke Sayers
Et al
Robin Jacques
Grace Paull
Peter Spier
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. In this later edition, Flipper to the Rescue substitutes for Rip Van Winkle.
Charles E. Carryl
Eleanor Estes
Helen Dean Fish
Frances Clarke Sayers
Et al
Robin Jacques
Grace Paull
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 20 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Brothers Grimm
Jean de Brunhoff
Marjorie Flack
Charlotte Zolotow
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Richard Scarry
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Carolyn Haywood
Joseph Jacobs
Rudyard Kipling
James Whitcomb Riley
Et al
Irene Haas
Edward Shenton
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 3 (1957)
A collection of stories, verses and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Marguerite de Angeli
Edward Lear
Paul Galdone
Leonard Weisgard
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
Best in Children’s Books Volume 34 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Brothers Grimm
Charles E. Carryl
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Rose Fyleman
Marguerite Henry
Gladys Schwarcz
Et al
Robin Jacques
Manning De V. Lee
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 37 (1960)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org
James Baldwin
Brothers Grimm
Alice Dalgliesh
Miriam Clark Potter
John Ruskin
Et al
Paul Galdone
Robin Jacques
Edy Legrand
Richard Scarry
Edward Shenton
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 38 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Margaret Wise Brown
Marguerite de Angeli
Eleanor Farjeon
Joel Chandler Harris
Edward Lear
Et al
Paul Galdone
Feodor Rojankovsky
Peter Spier
Et al
Best in Children’s Books Volume 9 (1958)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Carolyn Haywood
Et al
Henry C. Pitz
Feodor Rojankovsky
Kate Seredy
Et al
The Best of Wodehouse (1949)
A collection of short stories including ‘Good-bye to Butlers’ which was not reprinted elsewhere.
A Capital Ship or the Walloping Window-Blind (1963)
Nonsense verse on a nautical theme.
The Children’s Hour Volume 16 (1953)
A collection of short science fiction. and the various indexes to the set.
Read online at archive.org.
Various
Hardie Gramatky
Et al
Edie on the Warpath (1966)
Edie can’t seem to stay out of trouble - things just happen to her.
Full Moon (1947)
Matrimonial affairs are afoot at Blandings Castle, to the 9th Earl’s disgust.
Read online at archive.org.
Joy in the Morning (1946)
Bertie Wooster is in the thick of it, fending off Florence Cray, shepherding an American millionaire, dodging PC Stilton Cheewright, burned out of his cottage by Edwin the Boy Scout, but with the help of Jeeves he wins through and ‘Joy Cometh in the Morning.’
The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs (1962)
When Huck stops at the hot springs to retrieve his shirt, an ancient creature steals his banana right out of his hand.