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Roger Duvoisin (1900–1980)

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Roger Duvoisin was born in Geneva, Switzerland on August 28, 1904. Before becoming a children's book illustrator, he designed and painted murals, theatrical scenery, and posters as well as worked in the fashion industry. He immigrated with wife Louise Fatio to the United States in 1925. He created vis mere more than 40 books and illustrated more than 140 children's books. He created several animal characters including Petunia the foolish goose, Veronica the hippo, Crocus the crocodile, Jasmine the cow, Donkey-Donkey and Hector-Penguin. He also illustrated the Happy Lion series written by his wife. He received several awards for his works including the Caldecott Award for White Snow Bright Snow written by Alvin Tresselt in 1948 and the Caldecott Honor Award for Hide and Seek Fog also written by Tresselt in 1966. He also received the Society of Illustrators Award, the Rutgers Award, the Silver Medallion of the University of Southern Mississippi and the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota. He died on June 30, 1980. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre

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Værker af Roger Duvoisin

Petunia (1950) 1,115 eksemplarer
Donkey-Donkey (1968) 363 eksemplarer
Petunia Beware (1900) 248 eksemplarer
Petunia's Christmas (1952) 207 eksemplarer
Veronica (1961) 187 eksemplarer
And There Was America (1938) 95 eksemplarer
Veronica on Petunia's Farm (1962) 79 eksemplarer
The House of Four Seasons (1956) 75 eksemplarer
Trubloff [and] Petunia, I Love You (1900) 72 eksemplarer
Petunia Takes a Trip (1953) 60 eksemplarer
Petunia, I Love You (1656) 59 eksemplarer
Crocus (1977) 47 eksemplarer
Easter Treat (1656) 41 eksemplarer
Petunia's Treasure (1975) 37 eksemplarer
Veronica and the Birthday Present (1648) 34 eksemplarer
Day and Night (1960) 33 eksemplarer
A for the Ark (1952) 32 eksemplarer
The Christmas Whale (1945) 31 eksemplarer
Jasmine (1750) 29 eksemplarer
Four Corners of the World (1948) 23 eksemplarer
Snowy and Woody (1979) 22 eksemplarer
The Crocodile in the Tree (1645) 22 eksemplarer
Veronica's Smile (1897) 22 eksemplarer
Lonely Veronica (1963) 21 eksemplarer
Periwinkle (1976) 21 eksemplarer
Petunia the Silly Goose Stories (1987) 21 eksemplarer
The Happy Hunter (1961) 18 eksemplarer
See What I Am (1974) 18 eksemplarer
One Thousand Christmas Beards (1955) 16 eksemplarer
Two Lonely Ducks (1955) 16 eksemplarer
Petunia and the song (1950) 13 eksemplarer
Spring Snow (1963) 13 eksemplarer
What is Right for Tulip (1969) 11 eksemplarer
The Missing Milkman (1967) 10 eksemplarer
Fairy Tales from Switzerland (1973) 6 eksemplarer
All aboard! 3 eksemplarer
The Christmas Voyage (1947) 3 eksemplarer
Houn' Dog (1959) 3 eksemplarer
A Little Boy Was Drawing (1932) 2 eksemplarer
Santa's Circus 1 eksemplar
Verònica 1 eksemplar
New Yorker cover 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Robinson Crusoe (1719) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver24,588 eksemplarer
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver8,080 eksemplarer
White Snow, Bright Snow (1947) — Illustrator — 2,360 eksemplarer
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver1,099 eksemplarer
Den ¤glade Løve (1954) — Illustrator — 657 eksemplarer
The Three-Cornered Hat (1874) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver456 eksemplarer
Hide and Seek Fog (1965) — Illustrator — 444 eksemplarer
Amahl and the Night Visitors [illustrated book] (1952) — Illustrator — 360 eksemplarer
The Family Read-Aloud Christmas Treasury (1989) — Bidragyder — 273 eksemplarer
The Beaver Pond (1970) — Illustrator — 234 eksemplarer
The Rain Puddle (1965) — Illustrator — 159 eksemplarer
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 06: Harvest of Holidays (1900) — Bidragyder — 152 eksemplarer
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in France (1959) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver131 eksemplarer
Mr. and Mrs. Button's Wonderful Watchdogs (1978) — Illustrator — 89 eksemplarer
Den ¤glade løve brøler (1957) — Illustrator — 78 eksemplarer
The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada (1952) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver75 eksemplarer
Best in Children's Books 33 (1960) 74 eksemplarer
Christmas on the Mayflower (1843) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver66 eksemplarer
Dandelion Library: Veronica / The Three Little Horses (1958) — Illustrator — 66 eksemplarer
Sun Up (1641) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver51 eksemplarer
Wobble, the Witch Cat (1981) — Illustrator — 46 eksemplarer
Johnny Maple-Leaf (1948) — Illustrator — 44 eksemplarer
The Night Before Christmas (Roger Duvoisin) (2014) — Illustrator — 42 eksemplarer
The Happy Lion and the Bear (1964) — Illustrator — 42 eksemplarer
The Old Bullfrog (1968) — Illustrator — 40 eksemplarer
"Hi, Mister Robin!" (1950) — Illustrator — 39 eksemplarer
Den ¤glade løve i Afrika (1955) — Illustrator — 38 eksemplarer
De tre glade løver (1959) — Illustrator — 38 eksemplarer
The World in the Candy Egg (1967) — Illustrator — 26 eksemplarer
I Saw the Sea Come In (1954) — Illustrator — 26 eksemplarer
The Happy Lion's Quest (1960) — Illustrator — 26 eksemplarer
Tales of the Pampas (1902) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver25 eksemplarer
The Happy Lion's Vacation (1967) — Illustrator — 23 eksemplarer
The Remarkable Egg (1968) — Illustrator — 22 eksemplarer
A Duck Called Angélique (1960) — Illustrator — 21 eksemplarer
What Did You Leave Behind? (1978) — Illustrator — 21 eksemplarer
The Happy Lion's Treasure (1970) — Illustrator — 19 eksemplarer
Bhimsa, The Dancing Bear (1873) — Illustrator — 18 eksemplarer
The Happy Time (1945) — Illustrator — 17 eksemplarer
Nubber Bear (1966) — Illustrator — 16 eksemplarer
Timothy's Flower (1967) — Komponist, nogle udgaver15 eksemplarer
The Happy Lioness (1980) — Illustrator — 13 eksemplarer
Poems from France (1967) — Illustrator — 12 eksemplarer
Little Red Nose (1955) — Illustrator — 11 eksemplarer
The Pointed Brush (1959) — Illustrator — 11 eksemplarer
The Happy Lion's Rabbits (1974) — Illustrator — 10 eksemplarer
The Christmas Forest (1950) — Illustrator — 10 eksemplarer
Dozens of Cousins (1950) — Illustrator — 8 eksemplarer
Sophocles the Hyena (1954) — Illustrator — 8 eksemplarer
Marc and Pixie (1975) — Illustrator — 8 eksemplarer
Chef's holiday (1952) — Illustrator, nogle udgaver8 eksemplarer
Strange Tales from Many Lands (1975) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
Days of Sunshine - Days of Rain (1963) — Illustrator — 7 eksemplarer
Earth and Sky (1969) — Illustrator — 7 eksemplarer
A Fish is Not a Pet (1959) — Illustrator — 6 eksemplarer
The Sweet Patootie Doll (1970) — Illustrator — 3 eksemplarer
Vavache, The Cow Who Painted Pictures — Illustrator — 3 eksemplarer
Wait till Sunday — Illustrator — 2 eksemplarer
The dog and the boat boy (1969) — Illustrator — 1 eksemplar
The Little Church on the Big Rock — Illustrator — 1 eksemplar
Zang van de koningen — Illustrator, nogle udgaver1 eksemplar

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A book that will teach kiddos the meaning of the word "conspicuous." Veronica is a hippopotamus who lives among other hippopotamuses in obscurity. She longs for attention, so she travels to a city fully of people, where she'll stand out. Unfortunately, she also gets in some trouble with the law, so a kind old lady bails her out and sends her back to the other hippopotamuses. But don't be sad for Veronica, her city trip lends her the glamor she desired in the first place.
 
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LibrarianDest | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jan 3, 2024 |
For forty years I've believed my favorite childhood book was Henny Penny, although all I remembered about it was the color orange and that I loved the duck in it. But I was misremembering which book it was! Today at the bookstore my attention was drawn to my REAL TRUE LOVE favorite book. It was not a duck, it was Petunia, the silly goose! I am so excited to be reunited with my old friend!
 
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Kim.Sasso | 26 andre anmeldelser | Aug 27, 2023 |
Month of January 2022: Young Reader’s Classics

READING LEVEL: 3.1 AR POINTS: 0.5

A super cute children’s book written and published in 1950. This is 1 of 4 books in with my cousin’s (Lancer Woolwine) family photos, which I am currently organizing for their family. So, needless to say, this book stays with the family.

It’s about a goose, Petunia, who finds a book and believes that by simply carrying it around will make her appear to be the smartest animal on the farm. Her neck gets longer and higher as the other animals begin to believe it as well. They ask Petunia's help for various problems that don’t end well. The worst disaster was when Petunia misread a box labeled dynamite, and because she really didn’t know how to read, she told them it was CANDY.

Cute! Teaches the importance of learning to read.
… (mere)
 
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MissysBookshelf | 26 andre anmeldelser | Aug 27, 2023 |
First sentence" In the meadow, early one morning, Petunia, the silly goose, went strolling. She ate a bug here, clipped off a clover leaf there, and she picked at the dewdrops on the goldenrod leaves.

Premise/plot: Petunia stars in this classic picture book from 1950. Petunia doesn't like being thought of as a "silly goose." So when Petunia literally stumbles across a book--though she doesn't really know what books are really for--she becomes a proud goose, a very proud goose. Carrying this newfound "wise book" everywhere she goes, Petunia is convinced that she is the wisest and best. Everyone starts coming to her for advice, but, her advice tends to do more harm than good. Petunia--book or not--is a silly goose. After a near-disaster--pride goeth before a fall--Petunia realizes something--the book is for reading. Possessing a book without having read it, without really knowing it, without really experiencing all it has to offer is shortsighted at best, foolish at worst. So Petunia decides...perhaps just perhaps...it's time she learns how to read.

My thoughts: I read this one and instantly saw some spiritual insights or lessons to be learned. Were these insights intentional by the author--maybe, maybe not. But even if they weren't, I think there's much food for thought to be gleaned.

Quotes:

So Petunia picked up the Book, and off she went with it. She slept with it....she swam with it...and, knowing that she was so wise, Petunia also became proud, and prouder, and prouder...so proud that her neck stretched out several notches.

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Now she saw that there was something written inside the Book which she could not read. So she sat down and thought and thought and thought, until at least she sighed, "Now I understand. It was not enough to carry wisdom under my wing. I must put it into my mind and in my heart. And to do that I must learn to read."
… (mere)
 
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