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Margot Zemach

Margot Zemach (November 30, 1931 – May 21, 1989) was an American illustrator of more than forty children's books, some of which she also wrote. Many were adaptations of folk tales from around the world, especially Yiddish and other Eastern European stories. She and her husband Harvey Fischtrom, writing as Harve Zemach, collaborated on several picture books including Duffy and the Devil for which she won the 1974 Caldecott Medal.

Works (16)

Cover of It Could Always Be Worse
It Could Always Be Worse
Cover of Duffy and the devil
Duffy and the devil
Cover of Salt
Salt
Cover of The little red hen
The little red hen
Cover of Three Sillies
Three Sillies
Cover of The Three Little Pigs by Margot Zemah
The Three Little Pigs by Margot Zemah
Cover of The Cat's elbow and other secret languages
The Cat's elbow and other secret languages
1989
Cover of The Three Wishes
The Three Wishes
Cover of Self portrait
Self portrait
Cover of The fisherman and his wife
The fisherman and his wife
Cover of Hush, Little Baby
Hush, Little Baby
Cover of To Hilda for helping
To Hilda for helping
Cover of Eating up Gladys
Eating up Gladys
Cover of Some from the moon, some from the sun
Some from the moon, some from the sun
Cover of Los tres cerditos
Los tres cerditos
Cover of Jake and Honeybunch go to heaven
Jake and Honeybunch go to heaven