Garth Williams





Garth Williams

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born
in The United States
April 16, 1912

died
May 08, 1996

gender
male

genre


About this author

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.


Average rating: 4.11 · 951,682 ratings · 18,168 reviews · 124 distinct works · Similar authors
Baby Farm Animals
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 1,737 ratings — published 1953 — 11 editions
Baby Animals (A Little Gold...
4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 795 ratings — published 1952 — 6 editions
The Rabbits' Wedding
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions
Baby's First Book
3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions
Three Bedtime Stories
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1983
Animal ABC (Big Little Gold...
4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005
The Giant Golden Book of El...
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4.64 of 5 stars 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008
Stuart Little
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 45,291 ratings — published 1945 — 63 editions
Miss Bianca
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3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1962 — 5 editions
A Garth Williams Treasury o...
4.6 of 5 stars 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2001
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