August 5, 1890 - November 29, 1971
American author and illustrator of children's books
Author and/or illustrator of "The Rootabaga Stories" (written by Carl Sandburg), "The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles" (for which she won the Caldecott Medal in 1946 with her author/illustrator husband Miska Petersham) and "The Box With Red Wheels"
Collaborated with her husband Miska Petersham on more than 120 works over five decades
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