Paul Galdone

Born circa 1907 in Budapest, Hungary
Died November 7, 1986 in Nyack, New York

Paul Galdone was a very prolific illustrator/author of Hungarian birth and American citizenship. Anyone coming of reading age from the 1950's to the 1970's would probably recognize at least one of his nearly three hundred books. While the majority of his books involved his illustrating the works of other authors, he did also author nearly fifty retellings of traditional folktales as well.

As well known an illustrator as Galdone was, there is quite a bit of uncertainty about some the early details of his life. He was born in Budapest, Hungary sometime between 1907 and 1914. His parents emigrated to the United States in either 1921 or 1928, depending on which account you read. The only fact on which I have found any consistency is that he was fourteen when he arrived here.

As is often the case, his story is best told in his own words, in this instance from his autobiographical sketch in the Third Book of Junior Authors:

When I was about fourteen we left Budapest. A kind aunt in New Jersey had arranged affidavits for us and on arrival there I was promptly enrolled in high school. The Hungarian language proved to be not very useful in the United States, so in an effort to get me over the barrier I had to attend three English classes every day along with one in biology. When it came my turn to read from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream it was highly embarrassing. Not only did I have an accent that amused the whole class but on top of that I failed to understand most of what I was trying to read. In the biology class, however, I felt more successful; when it was discovered that I was proficient in the drawing of grasshoppers I was soon drawing them for all the other pupils.

We soon moved to New York City. To help support my family in the struggle to get started I worked during the day as bus-boy, electrician's helper on unfinished skyscrapers, fur dyer, and so on. At night I attended art schools: the Art Students League and New York School for Industrial Design. Eventually, four years of working in the Art Department of Doubleday & Company determined my direction. I loved everything in the world of book production, the people and the challenges, and there I had a chance to design my first book jacket. That led to free lancing.

I lived in Greenwich Village and while I free-lanced and built up a busy career in book jacket designing I kept up my interest in fine arts by drawing and painting and by long sketching vacations in Vermont. I also became increasingly interested in illustration.

Galdone served four years in the US Army Corps of Engineers in World War II in the art department. On returning he settled in rural Rockland County with his wife, Jannelise. The Galdones designed their home with the assistance of his brother-in-law, an architect. The Galdones had two children, a girl and a boy. Their daughter, Joanna, later authored two books that her father illustrated.

Galdone seems to have been very successful in carving out exactly the life he wished to have. His career was spent doing something he both enjoyed and was good at - illustrating children's books. For most of his career, he authored and or illustrated between half a dozen and a dozen books a year. This allowed him substantial independence, working for most the main publishers and with many of the name authors of his generation. He was able to work from home in the country (he had his main home in Rockland County as well as a summer house in Vermont) which, in turn, allowed him to pursue his other interests; gardening, hiking and generally enjoying being outdoors.

Galdone's art style was very much of the 1950's-60's but has aged well compared to others. Some have described his style as cartoon-like and I suppose that it is but one that does not come across as slapdash, cheap or tawdry as is often so easily the unintended effect. Like Alice and Martin Provensen, working in the same period, he uses a lot of angular shapes in his illustrations along with strong colors but he rounds out his figures and gives a greater sense of motion and action. While he does take some liberties with perspective and size, it is in greater moderation than the Provensens. He most frequently worked in pen with colored ink washes.

He is a very visual artist in that he often incorporated telling details into his illustrations that would not be mentioned in the text but would catch the eye of an attentive child. He also was very sly in some of his work. In the Anatole series of books by Eve Titus, based on the adventures of a French mouse named Anatole living in Paris, the illustrations are substantially in black and white but accented with red and blue washes. As a child, I thought this perfectly natural and gave it not a second thought. It was just part of the distinctive and attractive style of the book. Only as a parent, reading these books to my children, did I catch the French patriotism of the color scheme - how Galdone was accentuating the Frenchness of Anatole by using only the colors of the French flag.

What is perhaps most notable about Galdone's style is that it is basically reassuring. It is energetic enough and bold enough to be gripping to a young child and will hold their attention without becoming too busy or distracting. Secondly, there is a familiarity to the settings which helps engage children. Even with old European folktales, visually they sort of look like they are happening in rural or suburban America. A child can relate to them.

Galdone illustrated books by many of the classic children's authors including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edward Lear, Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edgar Allan Poe, Clement Moore, Hans Christian Anderson, the Grimm Brothers and Charles Perrault. Among contemporary authors and some who were just starting out, there are many leading lights. He illustrated almost all of Eve Titus' books including both series for which she is best known, the Anatole series and the Basil series. Among the other leading names with whom he worked were William O. Steele, Clyde T. Bulla, Farley Mowat, Pura Belpre, and Jean Fritz.

The first book Galdone illustrated was written by Ellen MacGregor and was published in 1951. It was called Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars and was the first in a series of popular Miss Pickerell books. It is in these early books that you can get the best sense for the feel of illustration of the 1950's - that rich mixture of technological progress and promise matched to a country that was still substantially rural in its setting and culture - captured in this illustration from that very first book.

Perhaps what Galdone is most noted for is his work retelling and bringing to life old European folktales. That his art remains fresh and relevant today is a testament to his skills as an artist. The fact that the topics he chose to illustrate, folktales, are a testament to his focus on the enduring stories that are refreshed for each generation. While he did illustrations for collections of folktales (Andersen, Grimm, Aesop, etc.), I think the real jewels are the tales for which he provides enough illustration to allow a single story to be published as a book, as he does with many folktales and Mother Goose rhymes. Each one of these is just the right length for reading to a two to five year old and imparts very simple but critical life lessons. These stories are legion and many remain in print. Among the pertinent titles for building a rich library of stand-alone folktales are Henny Penny, The House that Jack Built, Hare and the Tortoise, Life of Jack Sprat, Androcles and the Lion, Three Little Pigs, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Bremen Town Musicians, The Little Red Hen, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Elves and the Shoemaker, The Gingerbread Boy, etc.

Galdone is also a good author with whom to allow your children to cut their teeth on difficult subjects and scary stories. Henny Penny (a retelling of the traditional Chicken Little tale) is the story of the eponymous chicken, hit on the head by a falling acorn, who concludes without investigation that the sky is falling. She must warn the king. She sets out for the palace and along the way collects various - and equally unskeptical - friends including Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosey, Turkey Lurkey etc. Unfortunately for the feathered friends, their paths then cross that of the much more astute Foxy Loxy. With a family to feed and little concern for the falling sky, he offers to show them a shortcut to the King's palace through his cave. Well it is a shortcut, but not to the palace. The fox family has reason to have happy memories of the fine feast they enjoyed that day. Obviously, for a young child, this rather grim (from the avian perspective) outcome could be most distressing but not in the hands of Galdone.

It is easy to forget how rich these traditional tales are in critical lessons our children need to hear in the safety of their parent's lap. Paul Galdone does a superb job between his language and his art of delivering those subtle messages in a story that completely engages the child. His wording is direct and repetitive (without being monotonous) and therefore very accessible to a young child just mastering the intricacies of language.

Among the scary stories, you might try The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Virtually every child I know loves to be scared by that old Troll under the bridge and to see BIG Billy Goat Gruff show him what-for. Our children, for a period of time, made it their very own story by becoming a troll under every bridge or foot overpass that they encountered, leaping out upon their sibling or parent who needed to play the part of a billy goat. Another good one, again a favorite of virtually all children I have seen hearing it, is The Teeny-Tiny Woman.

I hope you enjoy these wonderfully enduring tales by Paul Galdone.

Picture Books

Anatole by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone Highly Recommended

Anatole And the Cat by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone Suggested

The Elves and the Shoemaker by Paul Galdone Recommended

Henny Penny by Paul Galdone Recommended

The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdon Suggested

Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone Suggested

The Three Bears by Paul Galdone Suggested

The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone Recommended

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone Recommended

Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone Recommended

Puss in Boots by Paul Galdone and Charles Perrault Suggested

Magic Porridge Pot by Paul Galdone Suggested

The Tailypo by Joanna Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone Suggested

Three Ducks Went Wandering by Ron Roy and illustrated by Paul Galdone Recommendation

Jack and the Beanstalk by Paul Galdone Suggested

The Turtle and the Monkey by Paul Galdone Suggested

George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Paul Galdone Suggested

The Teeny-Tiny Woman by Paul Galdone Recommended

Cat Goes Fiddle-I-Fee by Paul Galdone Suggested

Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Galdone Suggested

Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone Suggested

Paul Galdone's Bibliography

Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars by Ellen MacGregor and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1951
Nine Lives by Edward Fenton and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1951
Of Mikes and Men by Jane Woodfin and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1951
Space Cat by Ruthven Todd and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1952
Miss Pickerell and the Geiger Counter by Ellen MacGregor and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1953
Miss Pickerell Goes Undersea by Ellen MacGregor and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1953
Green Song by Doris T. Plenn and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1954
Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1954
How Do You Travel? by Miriam Schlein and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1954
Miss Pickerell Goes to the Arctic by Ellen MacGregor and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1954
Winter Danger by William O. Steele and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1954
Playing Possum by Edward M. Eager and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1955
Theodore Turtle by Ellen MacGregor and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1955
Tomahawks and Trouble by William O. Steele and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1955
Anatole by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1956
Audubon and His Sons by Amy Hogeboom and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1956
Ball of Fire by Earl Schenck Miers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1956
Did You Feed My Cow? by Margaret T. Burroughs and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1956
Lone Hunt by William O. Steele and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1956
Mr. Ferguson and the Fire Department by Ellen MacGregor and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1956
Sword in the Tree by Clyde T. Bulla and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1956
Anatole and the Cat by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1957
Flaming Arrows by William O. Steele and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1957
Old Charlie by Clyde T. Bulla and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1957
Rusty Rings a Bell by M. Franklin and Eleanor K. Vaughan and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1957
Space Cat Meets Mars by Ruthven Todd and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1957
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley Mowat and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1957
Bascombe, the Fastest Hound Alive by Adam Smith and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1958
Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus and Paul Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1958
Perilous Road by William O. Steele and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1958
Far Frontier by William O. Steele and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1959
Grandfather and I by Helen E. Buckley and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1959
Jamesville Jets by C. Paul Jackson and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1959
Little Tuck by Clara Baldwin and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1959
Paddy the Penguin written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1959
The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1959
Timmy and the Tin-Can Telephone by M. Franklin and Eleanor K. Vaughan and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1959
A Gaggle of Geese by Eve Merriam and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1960
Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog by Mother Goose and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1960
Old Woman and Her Pig written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1960
The Lemonade Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1960
Anatole over Paris by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1961
Rendezvous in Singapore by Cora Cheney and Ben Partridge and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1961
Robber Ghost by Karin Anckarsvard and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1961
The House That Jack Built written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1961
The Mailbox Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1961
The Three Wishes written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1961
Woodrow Wilson by Alfred Steinburg and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1961
Counting Carnival by Paul Galdone and Feenie Ziner and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1962
Hare and the Tortoise written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1962
Jeff and Mr. James' Pond by Esther M. Meeks and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1962
Madcap Mystery by Karin Anckarsvard and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1962
Sunnyvale Fair by Alice E. Goudey and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1962
The First Seven Days by Bible and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1962
The Two Old Bachelors by Edward Lear and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1962
Big Basketball Prize by Marion Renick and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1963
Capital Ship; or The Walloping Window-Blind by Charles E. Carryl and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1963
Miss Osborne-the-Mop by Wilson Gage and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1963
Mister Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1963
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1963
The Blind Men and the Elephant by John G. Saxe and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1963
The Disappearing Dog Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1963
Edie Changes Her Mind by Johanna Johnston and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1964
Peek the Piper by Vitali Bianki and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1964
People Downstairs, and Other City Stories by Rhoda Bacmeister and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1964
People I'd Like to Keep by Mary O'Neill and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1964
The Battle of the Kegs by Francis Hopkinson and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1964
The Limerick Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1964
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son by Mother Goose and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1964
Anatole and the Poodle by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
Barbara Frietchie by John Greenleaf Whittier and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
Brownie by Hans Peterson and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
Meshach, Shadrach and Abednego by Bible and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
Mysterious Schoolmaster by Karin Anckarsvard and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
The Adventures of Egbert the Easter Egg by Richard W. Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
The Baseball Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
The Deacon's Masterpiece by Oliver Wendell Holmes and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
The Little Boy and the Birthdays by Helen E. Buckley and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
Who's in Charge of Lincoln? by Dale Fife and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1965
A Camel in the Sea by Lee G. Goetz and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
Anatole and the Piano by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
Animals on the Ceiling by Richard Willard Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
Koko and the Ghosts by Ivan Kusan and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
That's Right, Edie by Johanna Johnston and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
The Adventures of Homer Fink by Sidney Offit and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
The Ghost of Five Owl Farm by Wilson Gage and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
The History of Simple Simon written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
The Secrets of Hidden Creek by Wylly Folk St. John and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
Three Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
Two Laughable Lyrics by Edward Lear and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1966
A Dozen Dinosaurs by Richard Willard Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
Elbert, the Mind Reader by Barbara Rinkoff and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
High Sounds, Low Sounds by Franklyn M. Branley and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
Little Tuppen written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
Pandora's Box: The Paradise of Children by Nathaniel Hawthorne and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
The Tsar's Riddles by Guy Daniels and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
The Turnabout Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
Wallace the Wandering Pig by Judy Van der Veer and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
Whiskers, My Cat by Letta Schatz and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
Who's in Holes by Richard Willard Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
Woody's Big Trouble by Patricia M. Martin and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
Your Skin and Mine by Paul Showers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1967
A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
Budd's Noisy Wagon by Richard Shaw and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
Henny Penny written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
Odd Old Mammals by Richard Willard Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
Sunlit Sea by Augusta R. Goldin and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
The Boy with a Billion Pets by Peggy Mann and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
The Bremen Town Musicians by Grimm Brothers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
The Buffalo Knife by William O. Steele and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
The Horse, the Fox, and the Lion written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
The Wise Fool by Francois Rabelais and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1968
Anatole and the Thirty Thieves by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
Grandmother and I by Helen E. Buckley and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
Life of Jack Sprat, His Wife, and Cat written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
Look at Your Eyes by Paul Showers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
Ote by Pura Belpre and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
Sidney's Ghost by Carol Iden and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
The Hairy Horror Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
The Monkey and the Crocodile written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
To the Rescue by Van der Veer and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1969
All Sizes and Shapes of Monkeys and Apes by Paul Galdone and Richard W. Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1970
Anatole and the Toyshop by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1970
Androcles and the Lion written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1970
History of Little Tom Tucker written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1970
Three Little Pigs written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1970
Try It Again, Sam: Safety When You Walk by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1970
Two and Me Makes Three by Roberta Greene and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1970
What's New, Lincoln? by Dale Fife and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1970
Basil and the Pygmy Cats by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1971
Dogs and Cats and Things like That (poetry) by John Knoepfle and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1971
Obedient Jack written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1971
The Hateful Plateful Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1971
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1971
Three Aesop Fox Fables by Aesop and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1971
What's the Prize, Lincoln? by Dale Fife and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1971
Dance of the Animals: A Puerto Rican Folk Tale by Pura Belpre and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1972
Honeybee's Party by Paul Galdone and Joanna Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1972
It Does Not Say Meow by Beatrice S. De Regniers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1972
One Hundred Hamburgers: The Getting Thin Book by Mary L. Solot and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1972
The Improbable Adventures of Marvelous O'Hara Soapstone by Zibby Oneal and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1972
The Three Bears written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1972
Anatole in Italy by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1973
Clarence and the Burglar by F. N. Monjo and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1973
Hereafterthis by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1973
The Cool Ride in the Sky by Diane Wolkstein and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1973
The Home Run Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1973
The Little Red Hen written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1973
The Moving Adventures of Old Dame Trot and Her Comical Cat written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1973
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter C. Asbjornsen and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1973
Jack-o'-Lantern by Edna Barth and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1974
Little Red Riding Hood by Grimm Brothers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1974
Sea Full of Whales by Richard Willard Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1974
Speak up, Edie! by Johanna Johnston and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1974
The Frog Prince by Grimm Brothers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1974
The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of Her Son Jack written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1974
The Hockey Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1974
Basil in Mexico by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
Because of the Sand Witches There by Mary Q. Steele and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
Clarence and the Burglar by Patricia Lauber and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
Follow Your Nose by Paul Showers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
Gertrude, the Goose Who Forgot by Paul Galdone and Joanna Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
The Gingerbread Boy written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
The Lady Who Saw the Good Side of Everything by Pat D. Tapio and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
The Queen Who Couldn't Bake Gingerbread by Dorothy Van Woerkom and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
Who Goes There, Lincoln? by Dale Fife and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1975
How Many Teeth? by Paul Showers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1976
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1976
The Black Mask Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1976
The Magic Porridge Pot written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1976
The Table, the Donkey, and the Stick by Grimm Brothers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1976
Clarence and the Cat by Patricia Lauber and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1977
Gorilla in the Hall by Alice Schertle and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1977
Hangman's Ghost Trick by Scott Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1977
Strange Servant: A Russian Folktale written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1977
The Tailypo: A Ghost Story by Joanna Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1977
Who'll Vote for Lincoln? by Dale Fife and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1977
Amber Day by Joanna Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1978
Cinderella written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1978
The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1978
Wriggles, the Little Wishing Pig by Pauline Watson and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1978
Anatole and the Pied Piper by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
Hans in Luck by Grimm Brothers and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
Jack O' Lantern by Edna Barth and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
Strange Monsters of the Sea by Richard Willard Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
The Hungry Fox and the Foxy Duck by Kathleen Leverich and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
The Steadfast Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Anderson and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
The Talking Turnip by Anne Rose and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
Three Ducks Went Wandering by Ron Roy and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
Zed and the Monsters by Peggy Parish and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1979
King of the Cats by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1980
The Little Girl and the Big Bear by Joanna Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1980
Basil in the Old West by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1981
Insects All around Us by Richard Willard Armour and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1981
The Amazing Pig written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1981
The Three Sillies by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1981
Hansel and Gretel written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1982
Jack and the Beanstalk written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1982
The Monster and the Tailor written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1982
What's in Fox's Sack?: An Old English Tale written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1982
Norma Lee, I Don't Knock on Doors: Knock Knock Jokes by Charles Keller and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1983
The Disappearing Dog Trick by Eve Corbett and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1983
The Greedy Old Fat Man written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1983
Turtle and the Monkey: A Philippine Tale written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1983
George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1984
The Elves and the Shoemaker written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1984
The Teeny-Tiny Woman: A Ghost Story written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1984
Cat Goes Fiddle-i-Fee written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1985
Rumpelstiltskin written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1985
Little Bo-Peep written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1986
Three Little Kittens written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1986
The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1987
Over in the Meadow written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1989
The Complete Story of the Three Blind Mice by John W. Ivimey and illustrated by Paul Galdone 1989
Nursery Classics: A Galdone Treasury written and illustrated by Paul Galdone 2001