Roger Duvoisin XXVI

We are nearly at thirty posts about Roger Duvoisin on this blog, and I make no apology, I'm sure there will be many more, the Roman numerals are getting confusing as the number gets so high! 

This story is about a young girl recuperating and her uncle who is determined to cheer her up, sets off to find her the perfect pet. 

Roger Duvoisin (1904-1980), was a Swiss-American artist who attended both the Ecole des Arts et Métiers, and Ecole des Beaux Arts. He painted murals, stage scenery, posters, pottery, textiles, and illustrated books. Through his work in textiles, he secured worked in the U.S. and obtained citizenship, his first children's book was published in the U.S. in 1932. 

Roger Duvoisin XXV

I'm always full of joy when I find a Roger Duvoisin book that I have not seen before. Here is an early example of the work of Roger Duvoisin 'The Steam Shovel That Wouldn't Eat Dirt', written by George Walters and published in 1948. This book is a charming anthropomorphisation of a steam shovel that overhears a grandmother saying, 'it is a dirty thing and no one should eat dirt' and so it goes to seek apples and bread and refuses to work. 

Roger Duvoisin XXIV

 

I love this cover so much and it is my twenty fourth post on Roger Duvoisin, so nothing more needs to be said about my adoration of this illustrator, except whenever I find more work I will share.

These illustrations are from 'The Wishing Well In The Woods' was written by Priscilia and Otto Friedrichi and published in 1962, which I believe is based on an old African folk tale explaining how the leopard got her spots. 

Roger Duvoisin XXIII

 'What's right for Tulip' 1969, yet another Roger Duvoisin treasure, I will be sad when there are no more to be found, how gorgeous is the polar bear.

Endpapers from 1950's Children's Books

 

Above: Nu Dang and His Kite, written and illustrated by Jacqueline Ayer, 1959

Above:'Willie Whitetail' by R. W. Eschmeyer, illustrated and designed by Roy K. Wills, 1953.

Above: Josef Lada illustration Czech 1953. 

Above: Charlotte’s Web by EB White, illustrated by Garth Williams, 1952.

Above: The Iliad and the Odyssey, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen, 1956.

Above:"Little Golden Books" endpapers (1950) illustrator unknown.

Below: Alice & Martin Provensen for R L Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses" (1951)

Above: Hikkerde Pikkerde Paardeboom (1959)Ted Schaap

Above: Pienchen (1954) by Gerhard Oberländer

Above: Fishes of The World by Edouard Le Danois, endpapers illustrated by Jean Norbert, 1957.

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Above: Flowers on a windowsill endpapers from 'Do Kola' (1956) Adolf Zábransky.

Above: "All About the Insect World" by Ferdinand C. Lane, 1954.

Above: 'Zoo Parade' written by Marlin Perkins, illustrated by Paul Bransom, 1954

Above: Petunia by Roger Duvoisin 1950.

Above: The Golden Circus (A Fuzzy Golden Book) written by Kathryn Jackson, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen, 1950.

Above: 'Toby Tyler' by James Otis, Leonard Weisgard, and Nelson Doubleday  1958 

Above: The Brave Little Steam Shovel', written by Alf Evers, illustrated by Dick Stone 1951.

Above: 'Once upon a time stories' published by the children's press London and Glasgow (no date)

Above: 'Bedtime stories' illustrated by Justin Michman, no publication date.

Children's Picture Book Endpapers of the 1940's

 

Above: The Blowaway Hat by Dellwyn Cunningham,  1946.

Above: Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton, illustration Eileen A Soper, 1943.

Above: Animal Families by Ann Weil, Illustrated by Roger Vernam,1947

Above: 'Christmas Magic' (endpapers) by Helen Sewell, 1942.

Above: RL Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. Illustration by Roger Duvoisin. 1944. 

Above: 'The Little Magic Horse', by Ershoff, illustration by Vera Block, 1942.

Above: PitschiI (1948) Hans Fischer Below: The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet', Hans Fischer, 1945.

 

Above: 'Extinct Animals', Hilary Stebbing, 1946

Above: Eileen Mayo ‘Little animals of the countryside’ 1945.

Above: 'Childcraft The Growing Child',  Volume Nine, (Illustrator unknown) 1949

Above: 'Donkey Donkey' By Roger Duvoisin 1940

Above: 'The Santa Claus Book' by Irene Smith Green, 1948 

Above: 'Sleepy Time Stories' illustrated by Hilda Frommholz, endpapers by FSH no further details.