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Garth Williams


Born
in New York City, New York, The United States
April 16, 1912

Died
May 08, 1996

Genre
Children's, Art


Garth Montgomery Williams was an American artist who came to prominence in the American postwar era as an illustrator of children's books. Generations of children picture their favorite fictional characters as drawn by Garth Williams. Thus the unforgettable dapper mouse, Stuart Little, or the kindhearted spider, Charlotte and her pig friend, Wilbur. And many other animals (bears, dogs, kittens, crickets) fantastic creatures (elves, fairies) and children and grown-ups in books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, George Selden, Charlotte Zolotow, Else H. Minarik and many others. Garth Williams was also the writer of seven children's books, like Baby Farm Animals, but it is primarily as an illustrator that he will always be remembered. His most controver ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 3,380,230 ratings · 65,954 reviews · 226 distinct works • Similar authors
Baby Farm Animals
4.20 avg rating — 5,705 ratings — published 1953 — 74 editions
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Baby Animals (Little Golden...
4.27 avg rating — 3,424 ratings — published 1952 — 34 editions
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The Rabbits' Wedding
3.98 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 1958 — 16 editions
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Bunnies' ABC (Little Golden...
3.78 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1954 — 14 editions
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Baby's First Book (Little G...
3.51 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1955 — 25 editions
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Three Bedtime Stories
3.97 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1958 — 15 editions
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The Chicken Book
3.91 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1970 — 18 editions
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75 Years of Little Golden B...
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Benjamin's Treasure
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3.71 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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A Garth Williams Treasury o...
4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2001
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