The Biggest Bear [SEP] illustrator
The Biggest Bear
The Biggest Bear is a children's picture book by Lynd Ward, first published in 1952. It was illustrated using casein paint, and won the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1953.
Background.
"The Biggest Bear" was the first children's picture book for which Ward was both author and illustrator. He rendered the illustrations in casein paint.
Ward set the story in the backwoods of Northern Ontario, an area he was familiar with as his parents had taken him to Sault Ste.
"Books are considered not only for the quality of their illustrations, but for the way pictures and text work together."
Publications.
As illustrator:
- "What Are You Doing, Benny?" by Cary Fagan (Tundra, 2019)
- The "Bear and Mouse" series by Bonny Becker (Candlewick)
- "A Christmas for Bear" (Sep 2017),
- "A Library Book for Bear" (Jul 2014),
- "A Birthday for Bear"