Wanda Gág

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Wanda Hazel Gág was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, the daughter of a painter and photographer. Her parents spoke German in the house and Wanda did not learn to speak English until she went to school. When she was 14 years old, her father died of tuberculosis, and since her mother was also ill, Wanda became the head of the household. She stayed in school until her high school graduation in 1912. She worked as a teacher for a year, and supplemented her work with writing and illustrating for magazines, designing greeting cards and calendars, and painting lampshades. She received a scholarship to study art in St. Paul, and then moved to New York City. She continued to support her six younger siblings. In 1917 she illustrated A Child’s Book of Folk-Lore. In 1923, following a successful exhibition in New York, she left her job and began spending her summers in a country house in Connecticut and later on a farm in New Jersey. She drew and painted during the summer, then worked in New York engaged during the winter. At the time she was known for her lithographs, although today she is better known for her children's books, especially Millions of Cats (1928), for which she received the Newbery Honor Award. Wanda died of lung cancer in 1946 at her home in New Jersey.

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Tales from Grimm
Representative edition published 2013
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Nothing at all
Representative edition published 2004
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Gone is gone
Representative edition published 2003
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The Funny Thing
Representative edition published 2003
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Snippy and Snappy
Representative edition published 2003
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The girlhood diary of Wanda Gág, 1908-1909
Representative edition published 2001
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Snow-White and the seven dwarfs
Representative edition published 1999
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Snow White and the seven dwarfs
Representative edition published 1999
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My Own Book of Animal Stories
Representative edition published 1997
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The ABC bunny
Representative edition published 1990
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Wanda Gág's The earth gnome
Representative edition published 1985
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Growing pains
Representative edition published 1984
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The Six Swans
Representative edition published 1982
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More tales from Grimm
Representative edition published 1981
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Wanda Gág's The sorcerer's apprentice
Representative edition published 1979
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Three Gay Tales from Grimm
Representative edition published 1978
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Millions of cats
Representative edition published 1977
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Folk and fairy tales
Representative edition published 1949
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Snow White
Representative edition published 2021
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Tales from Grimm
Representative edition published 1937
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Wanda Gág's story book
Representative edition published 1932
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