Garth Williams

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born

April 16, 1912 in The United States

died

May 08, 1996

gender

male

genre

Children's Books

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Generations of children picture their favorite fictional characters as drawn by Garth Williams. Thus the unforgettable dapper mouse, Stuart Little, or the kindhearted spider, Charlotte and her pig friend, Wilbur. And many other animals (bears, dogs, kittens, crickets) fantastic creatures (elves, fairies) and children and grown-ups in books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, George Selden, Charlotte Zolotow, Else H. Minarik and many others. Garth Williams was also the writer of seven children's books, like Baby Farm Animals, but it is primarily as an illustrator that he will always be remembered. His most controversial book was Rabbit's Wedding, written and illustrated by him in 1958, for it stirred racial issues.

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Books by Garth Williams

Average rating: 4.09 · 572,543 ratings · 14,124 reviews · 123 distinct works

	Baby Farm Animals by Garth Williams (Illustrator), Golden Books 4.02 avg rating — 643 ratings — published 1953 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Baby Animals 4.04 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 1956 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator), Rosemary Wells (Illustrations) 4.08 avg rating — 232,933 ratings — published 1952 — 98 editions	My rating:
	The Rabbits' Wedding 3.94 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Baby's First Book 3.33 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Little Silver House 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1959	My rating:
	Stuart Little by E.B. White, Garth Williams (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 27,460 ratings — published 1945 — 52 editions	My rating:
	Three Bedtime Stories 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1983	My rating:
	A Garth Williams Treasury of Best-Loved Golden Books 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Miss Bianca 3.84 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1962 — 4 editions	My rating: