Robert Kraus was an American children's author, cartoonist and publisher. Founder and publisher of Windmill Books, author and illustrator of award-winning children's books, Kraus began as a cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...]
This collection of little stories is very cute. Maybe not the most thought-provoking thing you'll ever read, but the pictures do have a magical, almost carousel-like quality to them.