Animals of the Bible
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Animals of the Bible is a book illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop
with text compiled by Helen Dean Fish. Released by J. B. Lippincott Company
, it was the first recipient of the Caldecott Medal
for illustration
in 1938.
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Dorothy Pulis Lathrop was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Lathrop was born April 16, 1891 in Albany, New York...
with text compiled by Helen Dean Fish. Released by J. B. Lippincott Company
J. B. Lippincott Company
J. B. Lippincott & Co. was an American publishing house founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1836 by Joshua Ballinger Lippincott.Formed by descendants of the Religious Society of Friends, Joshua Lippincott's company began selling a line of Bibles, prayer books and other religious works before...
, it was the first recipient of the Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children , a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...
for illustration
Illustration
An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information by providing a visual representation graphically.- Early history :The earliest forms of illustration were prehistoric...
in 1938.