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Wanda Gág (1893–1946)

Autor(a) de Millions of Cats

21+ Works 5,753 Membros 167 Críticas 3 Favorited

About the Author

A highly touted writer and illustrator of children's picture books, Gag was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, to Anton Gag, also an artist, and Lisse Gag. She married Earle Marshall Humphreys in 1930. She studied art at the St. Paul Institute of Arts, the Minneapolis School of Art, and the Art Students mostrar mais League in New York City. Gag began her career illustrating for the children's section of the Minneapolis Journal; first had her works exhibited at the Weyrhe Gallery, New York City, 1926; and created the text and drawings for her most famous work, Millions of Cats, in 1928. The book was a runner-up for the John Newbery Medal in 1929, won first prize at the Philadelphia Lithograph Show in 1930, and won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958. Other important works include ABC Bunny (1933), another runner-up for the Newbery award in 1934; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a runner-up for the Caldecott award in 1939; and Nothing at All, also a runner-up for the Caldecott award in 1942. In 1993, the centennial of her birth was celebrated with special exhibits of her art and a number of evaluative articles. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Wanda Gag holding artist's palette, 1916-1917.

Obras por Wanda Gág

Millions of Cats (1928) 3,753 exemplares
The ABC Bunny (1933) 990 exemplares
Nothing at All (1941) 172 exemplares
Tales from Grimm (1936) 172 exemplares
The Funny Thing (1929) 137 exemplares
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) — Tradutor — 131 exemplares
Snippy and Snappy (1931) 94 exemplares
Wanda Gag's The Earth Gnome (1985) 20 exemplares
Wanda Gag's The Six Swans (1982) 14 exemplares
Wanda Gag's Jorinda and Joringel (1978) 10 exemplares
Wanda Gag's Story Book (1932) 3 exemplares
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938) 2 exemplares
Nothing at All (1941) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1998) — Tradutor, algumas edições209 exemplares
Folk and Fairy Tales (Childcraft) (1949) — Contribuidor — 78 exemplares
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom...and Lots More Learning Fun [1999 film] (2001) — Author & Illustrator — 30 exemplares
Castles and Dragons (1958) — Contribuidor — 11 exemplares
Tales from Grimm — Tr. And Illus., algumas edições6 exemplares
Bookmaking on the Distaff Side — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Gág, Wanda
Nome legal
Gág, Wanda Hazel
Data de nascimento
1893-03-11
Data de falecimento
1946-06-27
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New Ulm, Minnesota, USA
Local de falecimento
New York, New York, USA
Locais de residência
St Paul, Minnesota, USA
New York, New York, USA
Connecticut, USA
New Jersey, USA
Educação
Art Students League
Minneapolis School of Art
St. Paul Institute of Arts
Ocupações
children's book author
Diarist
translator
painter
children's book illustrator
printmaker
Relações
Gág, Flavia (sister)
Gag, Howard (brother)
Prémios e menções honrosas
Minnesota 150
Newbery Honor Medal (1928, 1934)
Caldecott Honor Medal (1939, 1942)
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award 1958 (posthumously)

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Wanda Gág was a daughter of Anton Gág, a Minnesota photographer and painter, and the much older sister of Flavia Gág. As well as being the translator and illustrator of several editions of Grimm’s fairy tales, Wanda Gág was the author- illustrator of several popular children’s books of her own such as Millions of Cats (1928), which won the Newbery Award and was translated into many languages. She also published an autobiography, Growing Pains: Diaries and Drawings for the Years 1908-1917 (1940).

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Lowkey funny at times and has a soothing little repeating phrase about the "hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats" that I think some readers will vibe with. The art is also nice in a stark, vintage-y way, and the cats look cute. But honestly the ending makes me sad and would have as a kid, too. :(
 
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deborahee | 108 outras críticas | Feb 23, 2024 |
It's so fun to repeat the refrain "Hundreds of cats! Thousands of cats! Millions and billions and trillions of cats!"
 
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LibrarianDest | 108 outras críticas | Jan 3, 2024 |
 
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ASSG.Library | 108 outras críticas | Nov 21, 2023 |
Outlandishly hilarious. I love everything about this story!
 
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RachelRachelRachel | 108 outras críticas | Nov 21, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
21
Also by
8
Membros
5,753
Popularidade
#4,288
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
167
ISBN
118
Línguas
6
Marcado como favorito
3

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