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Ruth Sanderson

Author of The Twelve Dancing Princesses

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About the Author

Author and illustrator Ruth Sanderson was born in Ware, Massachusetts on November 24, 1951. She graduated from the Paier School of Art in 1974. She has illustrated over 70 books and has written and illustrated 12 books. She has won numerous awards including the 1980 National Science Teachers Award show more for Five Nests, the 1992 Young Hoosier Award and the 1994 Irma S. Black Award for The Enchanted Wood, and the 2003 Texas Bluebonnet Award for The Golden Mare, The Firebird, and the Magic Ring. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: photo by Morgan Robinson

Works by Ruth Sanderson

Cinderella (2002) 173 copies
Where Have the Unicorns Gone? (2000) — Illustrator — 157 copies
Papa Gatto (1947) 139 copies
The Nativity (1993) 129 copies
The Enchanted Wood (1991) 119 copies
The Snow Princess (2004) 98 copies
Hush, Little Horsie (2010) — Illustrator — 78 copies
The Crystal Mountain (1999) 68 copies

Associated Works

The Secret Garden (1911) — Illustrator, some editions — 34,948 copies
The Princess Bride (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 24,683 copies
The Little Engine That Could (1930) — Illustrator, some editions — 10,680 copies
Heidi (1880) — Illustrator, some editions — 10,143 copies
The Spellcoats (1979) — Cover artist, some editions — 978 copies
The Golden Key (1867) — Illustrator, some editions — 784 copies
The Black Stallion's Ghost (1964) — Cover artist, some editions — 766 copies
Beauty and the Beast (1757) — Illustrator, some editions — 732 copies
The Triple Hoax (1979) — Illustrator — 525 copies
The Flying Saucer Mystery (1980) — Illustrator — 488 copies
Snow-White and Rose-Red (1818) — Illustrator, some editions — 439 copies
Horse Diaries #1: Elska (2009) — Illustrator, some editions — 328 copies
The Magnificent Wilf (1995) — Cover artist, some editions — 276 copies
Horse Diaries #2: Bell's Star (2009) — Illustrator — 238 copies
The Owl and the Pussycat (A Little Golden Book) (1982) — Illustrator — 186 copies
Five Little Bunnies (1985) — Illustrator — 176 copies
Horse Diaries #4: Maestoso Petra (2010) — Illustrator — 159 copies
William Shakespeare's The Tempest (1994) — Illustrator — 141 copies
Golden Sun (2010) — Illustrator — 135 copies
Laura's Luck (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 126 copies
Yatimah (2011) — Illustrator — 125 copies
The Story of the Nativity (1986) — Illustrator — 121 copies
The Ghost Pony (1978) — Illustrator — 121 copies
Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems (2019) — Cover artist, some editions — 108 copies
When You Were a Baby (1982) — Illustrator — 107 copies
Once Upon a Time (She Said) (2005) — Cover artist, some editions — 103 copies
Risky Chance (2011) — Illustrator — 101 copies
Jingle Bells (2014) — Illustrator — 88 copies
Darcy (2013) — Illustrator — 83 copies
Luna (2015) — Illustrator — 77 copies
The Secret in the Pirates' Cave (The Bobbsey Twins) (1980) — Illustrator — 72 copies
Everard's Ride (1995) — Cover artist — 70 copies
The Missing Pony Mystery (1981) — Illustrator — 69 copies
A Treasury of Princesses: Princess Tales from Around the World (1996) — Illustrator, some editions — 67 copies
The Night Before Christmas (Ruth Sanderson) (1987) — Illustrator — 61 copies
Tikvah: Children's Book Creators Reflect on Human Rights (2001) — Contributor — 61 copies
Cinders (2016) — Illustrator — 61 copies
The Story of the First Christmas (Merry Christmas Book) (1991) — Illustrator — 56 copies
The Rose Parade Mystery (The Bobbsey Twins) (1981) — Illustrator — 56 copies
The Dune Buggy Mystery (The Bobbsey Twins) (1981) — Illustrator — 50 copies
The Night Before Christmas Pop-Up [Sanderson] (1994) — Illustrator — 31 copies
Calvino (2017) — Illustrator — 30 copies
The Beast of Lor (1977) — Illustrator — 28 copies
Lily (2018) — Illustrator — 26 copies
Best of the Rest 4 — Cover artist — 6 copies
Winter Pony — Illustrator, some editions — 1 copy

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Long ago unicorns lived in a haven of sun-dappled glades and flower-filled dells. But as civilization spread over the ages -- with its fierce knights, its chugging trains, its thick smogs -- unicorns had to find a new sanctuary. But where?
 
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PlumfieldCH | 3 other reviews | Nov 17, 2023 |
Carle Museum horse exhibit

Rosa Bonheur (b. 1822) was a French artist who painted horses, and showed and sold her work in her own lifetime (e.g. at the Paris Salon exhibition in 1853). Her painting "The Horse Fair" is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but her work was almost forgotten after her death, with the rise of Impressionism and Modern art (and because she was a woman). Rosa never married, but had a beloved lifelong partner, Nathalie Micas.

Rosa's life from childhood through the exhibition of The Horse Fair is covered in the book, with four more full pages ("More About Rosa"), an author's note, recommended drawing books, sources, and image credits.… (more)
 
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JennyArch | 1 other review | Jul 14, 2023 |
Genre
Bedtime stories
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Subject
Bedtime
Foals
Horses
Mother and child
Mothers
Parent and child
 
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