Victoria Chess

Author of Alfred's Alphabet Walk

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Alfred's Alphabet Walk (1979) 125 copies

Fletcher and Zenobia (2016) 46 copies, 1 review

The Costume Party (2005) 32 copies

Poor Esme (1982) 5 copies

Catcards for Christmas: A Purrfectly Wonderful Collection of Christmas Cards (1982) 1 copy

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Ten Sly Piranhas (1993) — Illustrator — 547 copies, 4 reviews

Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore (1991) — Illustrator — 485 copies, 3 reviews

Three Blind Mice (1979) — Illustrator, some editions — 292 copies, 11 reviews

Spider Kane and the Mystery Under the May-Apple (1992) — Illustrator — 206 copies

Slugs (1983) — Illustrator — 201 copies, 5 reviews

A Hippopotamusn't (1990) — Illustrator — 169 copies, 12 reviews

Spider Kane and the Mystery at Jumbo Nightcrawler's (1993) — Illustrator — 167 copies

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks: A Book of Dinosaur Riddles (1979) — Illustrator — 132 copies, 1 review

Jim, Who Ran Away from His Nurse, and Was Eaten by a Lion (1987) — Illustrator — 99 copies, 4 reviews

Tales for the Perfect Child (1985) — Illustrator — 93 copies, 1 review

King Long Shanks (1998) — Illustrator — 86 copies, 5 reviews

Tommy at the Grocery Store (1989) — Illustrator — 76 copies, 2 reviews

Good Night, Dinosaurs (1996) — Illustrator — 75 copies, 7 reviews

Millicent the Monster (1968) — Illustrator — 69 copies, 2 reviews

Tikvah: Children's Book Creators Reflect on Human Rights (2001) — Contributor — 66 copies, 1 review

Princess Gorilla and a New Kind of Water: A Mpongwe Tale (1988) — Illustrator — 65 copies, 3 reviews

The Beautiful Butterfly: A Folktale from Spain (2000) — Illustrator — 61 copies, 15 reviews

The Mysteries of Spider Kane (Spider Kane Mysteries) (2006) — Illustrator — 59 copies

The Sheriff of Rottenshot (Mulberry Read-Alones) (1982) — Illustrator — 57 copies, 1 review

Fables You Shouldn't Pay any Attention to (1978) — Illustrator — 53 copies, 2 reviews

Rolling Harvey Down the Hill (1980) — Illustrator — 50 copies, 1 review

The Little Buggers (1998) 48 copies

The Scaredy Cats (2003) — Illustrator — 41 copies, 2 reviews

Grim and Ghastly Goings-On (1992) — Illustrator — 38 copies, 2 reviews

Twisted Witch & Other Spooky Riddles (1985) — Illustrator — 35 copies, 2 reviews

Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales (2001) — Illustrator — 33 copies, 5 reviews

Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus (1971) — Illustrator — 33 copies

Once Around the Block (1987) — Illustrator — 30 copies, 1 review

Ridicholas Nicholas: More Animal Poems (1995) — Illustrator — 27 copies, 5 reviews

Brenda Berman, Wedding Expert (2009) — Illustrator — 26 copies

This for That: A Tonga Tale (1997) — Illustrator — 23 copies, 2 reviews

Slither McCreep and His Brother, Joe (1992) — Illustrator — 22 copies

The king who could not sleep (1975) — Illustrator — 20 copies

The queen of Eene (1978) — Illustrator — 20 copies, 2 reviews

The Bigness Contest (1994) — Illustrator — 17 copies

Bugs: Poems (1976) — Illustrator — 14 copies

Baby Babka, the Gorgeous Genius (2004) — Illustrator — 14 copies, 2 reviews

The Fat-Cats at Sea (1994) — Illustrator — 13 copies

Beautiful Buehla and the Zany Zoo Makeover (2006) — Illustrator — 12 copies

Which Is the Witch? (1979) — Illustrator — 11 copies, 1 review

Cat and Dog raise the roof (1980) — Illustrator — 9 copies

Cat and Dog Have a Contest (1980) — Illustrator — 8 copies

Once upon a time is enough (1970) — Illustrator — 7 copies, 1 review

The Witch Mobile (1969) — Illustrator — 6 copies, 1 review

In pursuit of the mous, the snaile, and the clamm;: A roving dictionary of the animal kingdom (1968) — Illustrator — 6 copies

A Little Touch of Monster (1986) — Illustrator — 6 copies

Peacocks are very special (1976) — Illustrator — 5 copies

King Basil's birthday, (1973) — Illustrator — 5 copies

A Ship in a Storm on the Way to Tarshish (1977) — Illustrator — 5 copies, 1 review

Cat and Dog Give a Party (1980) — Illustrator — 5 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1, September 1977 (1977) — Illustrator — 4 copies

Cat and Dog and the Mixed Week (1980) — Illustrator — 4 copies

Cat and Dog Take a Trip (1980) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Taking Care of Melvin (1980) — Illustrator — 3 copies

The adventures of Stanley Kane (1973) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cat and Dog and the ABC's (1981) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Lost in the Store (1981) — Illustrator — 2 copies

The Animals' Peace Day (1970) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Cat and Dog have a parade (1981) — Illustrator — 1 copy

The Great Frog Swap (1981) — Illustrator — 1 copy

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 1, September 1980 — Illustrator — 1 copy

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Canonical name: Chess, Victoria
Birthdate: 1939
Gender: female
Education: Kokoschka School of Art
Boston Museum School
Occupations: children's book author
Children's Book Illustrator
Short biography: Victoria Chess is an American children's author and illustrator. Born in 1939 in Chicago, and raised in Washington, Connecticut, she studied art at the Kokoschka School of Art in Salzburg, Austria and at the Boston Museum School. She has illustrated more than one hundred books for young people, including Slugs by David Greenberg, Tommy at the Grocery Store by Bill Grossman, and The Scaredy Cats by Barbara Bottner. She lives in Cambridge, MA and the south of France.
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Places of residence: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Washington, Connecticut, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
South of France
Map Location: USA

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Fletcher and Zenobia by Victoria Chess

Fletcher and Zenobia by Edward Gorey is a rarity in that he wrote the book but didn't illustrate it. Instead, Victoria Chess did the artwork — but still in a style that looks Gorey-ish to me.

Fletcher's a cat who has decided to live up in the branches of a large tree. Zenobia is a doll who has become stuck up there under extraordinary circumstances. Together they have parties and adventures, including eating too much ice cream with a giant caterpillar.

Although the book is out of print, a show more number of libraries still have a copy. If you're interested in reading it, I suggest starting there. There is also a sequel, Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus. show less

Jun 2, 2013