Wanda Gág
American artist and children's writer (1893-1946) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 53
Wanda Hazel Gág was an American artist, author, translator, and illustrator. She is best known for writing and illustrating the children's book Millions of Cats, the oldest American picture book still in print. Gág was also a noted print-maker, receiving international recognition and awards.
Wanda Gág is read about 42 times a day, in 16 languages.
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Gág self-portrait (1915)
Crooked Man from Mother Goose rhyme in Mechanics of Written English (1917)
Cover of Happiwork Packages game for children, Circa 1921
Gág preparing lithographic stone (1932)
Millions of Cats (1928)
Wanda Gág’s childhood home in New Ulm, Minnesota, is now a museum known as the Wanda Gág House.
Statue of Gág with cat at New Ulm public LibraryAwards
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Growing Pains, a book of excerpts from the diaries of her teen and young adult years, received widespread critical acclaim. Two of her books were awarded Newbery Honors and two received Caldecott Honors. The New York Public Library included Millions of Cats on its 2013 list of 100 Great Children's Books.
