D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar

D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar
Keywords: homeschool, vintage, hardcover, HBDJ, D’Aulaire, date if original copy

Biography series
Written and illustrated beautifully with brightly colored pencil drawings these books are about America’s famous builders and American folktales. George Washington (1936) is the first of seven books celebrating the lives of explorers, discoverers and prominent figures of America. Most of the books have been republished in paperback; however, the hard covers have superior paper quality with more vivid illustrations.

Popular amongst homeschoolers D’Auliare’s Book of Greek Myths has 200 oversized pages of mythology stories, family trees, full page illustrations and maps. This book has been republished in paperback, as well.

Tips for parents and teachers: Biographies of American heroes and presidents should be complimented with other children’s biographies by other authors. This gives the children the understanding that the books are interpretations with facts of each topic.

1.   Abraham Lincoln (1939) Caldecott Medal winner in 1940
2.   The Star Spangled Banner ( 1942)
3.   Pocahontas (1946)
4.   Benjamin Franklin (1950)
5.   Buffalo Bill (1952)
6.   Columbus (1955)

Myths and Folktales
•   The Magic Rug (1931)
•   Ola (1932)
•   Ola and Blakken (1933)
•   Children of the Northern Lights (1935)
•   East of the Sun and the West of the Moon (1938)
•   Leif the Lucky (1941)
•   Norse Gods and Giants (1964)
•   Book of Norse Myths (1967)
•   D’Auliare’s Book of Greek Myths (1961)
•   D’Aulaire’s Trolls (1972)

Other titles:

•   Don’t Count Your Chicks 1943
•   The Conquest of the Atlantic 1933
•   The Lord’s Prayer 1934
•   Wings for Per 1944
•   Too Big 1945
•   Nils 1948
•   Foxie 1949
•   The Two Cars 1955
•   The Magic Meadow 1958