Millions of Cats [SEP] illustrator
Millions of Cats
Millions of Cats is a picture book written and illustrated by Wanda Gág in 1928. The book won a Newbery Honor award in 1929, one of the few picture books to do so. "Millions of Cats" is the oldest American picture book still in print.
Plot.
The hand-lettered text, done by the author's brother, tells the story of an elderly couple who realize that they are very lonely. The wife wants a cat to love, so her husband sets off
the world. Gág's papers, manuscripts and matrices are held in the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota, The New York Public Library, The University of Pennsylvania, The Free Library of Philadelphia and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Works.
Works Books.
Writer and illustrator:
- "Batiking at Home: a Handbook for Beginners", Coward McCann, 1926
- "Millions of Cats", Coward McCann, 1928
- "The Funny Thing", Coward McCann, 1929
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