Berta and Elmer Hader: A Lifetime of Art

Berta and Elmer Hader were incredibly talented. They married in 1919 and together forged a fifty-year-long artistic career that was to produce thousands of pieces of art, scores of children's books, and hundreds of paintings and sketches. They enjoyed winning a Caldecott award, international acclaim, and a huge following of happy children.

They made youngsters happy not just with their own books but in other ways as well, for example, in their connection with the Wilder family. Without Berta there may never have been a Little House on the Prairie series. Without Elmer, the iconic dust jacket for Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath would not have been.

The book showcases each decade of their lives, talents and accomplishments. The rich experience of Berta and Elmer Hader is presented with 285 images, 23 photographs, 20 pages of text, a glossary, notes bibliography and index. It is in full color on quality paper and printed in the USA.