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Maud Petersham


Born
in Kingston, New York, The United States
August 05, 1890

Died
November 29, 1971

Genre
Art, Children's


Maud Fuller was the daughter of a Baptist minister, She grew up with three sisters in a parsonage. The family moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Newburg, New York, and finally to Scranton, Pennsylvania. As a child, she loved picture books and to draw. After graduating from Vassar College she studied at the New York School Of Fine And Applied Art. Her first job was in the art department at the International Art Service, an advertising firm, where she met her husband, Miska Petersham.

The Petershams began illustrating books together, at first only for other authors. In 1929 they wrote and illustrated their first book, Miki, about their son. In 1946, the couple received the Caldecott Medal for The Rooster Crows, a book of American songs, rh ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 2,780 ratings · 468 reviews · 187 distinct works • Similar authors
The Rooster Crows: A Book o...
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3.67 avg rating — 1,513 ratings — published 1945 — 28 editions
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An American ABC
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2.68 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1941 — 13 editions
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The Christ Child
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4.50 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1931 — 5 editions
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The Circus Baby
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The Silver Mace
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3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1961 — 11 editions
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The Peppernuts
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David
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4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1938
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Moses
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Miki
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Auntie and Celia Jane and Miki
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Quotes by Maud Petersham  (?)
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“The rose is red, the violet's blue,
Sugar's sweet and so are you.
If you love me as I love you,
No knife can cut our love in two.
My love for you will never fail
As long as pussy has a tail.”
― Maud Petersham, The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
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