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Wanda Gág
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Wanda
Gág (1893-1946), the oldest of
seven children, grew up in New Ulm, Minnesota.
She attended the St. Paul Institute of Art and the Minneapolis
School of Art and received a scholarship to attend the Art Students
League in New York City. In
the field of children’s literature, Wanda Gág is best known for Millions
of Cats, which is considered the first American picture book.
Millions of Cats has remained in print since its
publication in 1928. Six
of her other picture books,
The ABC Bunny,
The Funny Thing,
Gone Is Gone,
Nothing at
All, Snippy
and Snappy, and
Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs are now available from the
University
of Minnesota Press. In 1977, she received the Kerlan Award posthumously for her
entire body of work. "Wanda Gág:
A Minnesota Childhood," a biography of Wanda Gág in DVD format which
includes photographs from historical societies and illustrations from Gág's
published works, is available through
Oxcart Publications. |
The Wanda Gág Book Award for children’s literature, sponsored by the Curriculum Materials Center at Minnesota State University Moorhead, is for the best picture book of the year to read aloud to younger children.
Last modified 11/04/05 by selzler@mnstate.edu
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