Adrienne Adams

Adrienne Adams (February 10, 1906 – December 3, 2002) and in 1942 illustrated his first book, Bag of Smoke, to begin her career as an illustrator. She became a full-time illustrator in 1952, and illustrated more than 30 books, ranging from contemporary authors including Rumer Godden, Irwin Shapiro and Aileen Fisher to the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm.

Selected works By other writers 1954 – Impunity Jane: The Story of a Pocket Doll by Rumer Godden (Viking Press) 1957 – Mouse House by Godden (Viking) 1957 – The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) 1958 – The Story of Holly and Ivy by Godden (Viking) 1959 – Houses from the Sea by Alice E. Goudey (Charles Scribner's Sons) – one runner-up for the 1960 Caldecott Medal 1960 – The Shoemaker and the Elves by the Brothers Grimm (Scribner's) – ALA Notable Book 1961 – The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up by Alice E. Goudey (Scribner's) – one runner-up for the 1962 Caldecott Medal 1961 – Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen (Scribner's) – ALA Notable Book 1963 – Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella by W. Saboly (Scribner's) – ALA Notable Book 1964 – Snow-White and Rose-Red by Grimm (Scribner's) 1968 – Jorinde and Joringel by Grimm (Scribner's) – ALA Notable Book 1973 – Twice Upon a Time by Irwin Shapiro (Xerox Family Education) 1975 – Hansel and Gretel by Grimm (Scribner's) 1977 – The River Bank from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Scribner's) 1983 – The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard) – revised (see 1957)

Self-illustrated Library of Congress catalogs five children's picture books with text and illustrations by Adams. 1971 – A Woggle of Witches (Charles Scribner's Sons) 1976 – The Easter Egg Artists (Scribner's) 1978 – The Christmas Party (The Scribner Book Company) 1980 – The Great Valentine's Day Balloon Race (Scribner) 1981 – A Halloween Happening (Scribner)