Lynd Ward is not the household name that he ought to be.
He wrote and illustrated one of our favorite stories:
This action packed old-fashioned tale is a winner with boys, although our girls have loved it too.
And he also illustrated another family favorite (we've gone through several copies of this one):
My first experience with this story came because it was reprinted in the Childcraft Encyclopedias we had when I was a kid. (It's the 1964 edition, if you're wondering.) I remember being scared of the fog in the story, because it looked like a monster enveloping the Little Red Lighthouse. I didn't own a copy of the picture book until I was an adult.
All that to say: Ward was a fantastic illustrator.
Other sites about this author or his work:
- Lynd Ward biography from JVJ Publishing.
- The Lynd Ward collection (includes short biography) from Rutgers University.
- The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge unit study described at Spark and All.
- How to Draw a Lighthouse from Art Projects for Kids.
