Margot Zemach

Author · 30 November 1931 – 21 May 1989 · 23 works

Margot Zemach (November 30, 1931 – May 21, 1989) was an American illustrator of more than forty children's books, some of which she also wrote. Many were adaptations of folk tales from around the world, especially Yiddish and other Eastern European stories. She and her husband Harvey Fischtrom, writing as Harve Zemach, collaborated on several picture books including Duffy and the Devil for which she won the 1974 Caldecott Medal.

Books by Margot Zemach

It Could Always Be Worse
It Could Always Be Worse
1976
Duffy and the devil
Duffy and the devil
1973
The little red hen
The little red hen
1983
The Cat's elbow and other secret languages
The Cat's elbow and other secret languages
1656
The Three Little Pigs by Margot Zemah
The Three Little Pigs by Margot Zemah
1988
Salt
Salt
1965
Three Sillies
Three Sillies
1963
The Three Wishes
The Three Wishes
1986
Hush, Little Baby
Hush, Little Baby
1976
The fisherman and his wife
The fisherman and his wife
1969
Some from the moon, some from the sun
Some from the moon, some from the sun
2001
Jake and Honeybunch go to heaven
Jake and Honeybunch go to heaven
1982
Little Tiny Woman
Little Tiny Woman
1965
Self portrait
Self portrait
1978
Simon Boom Gives a Wedding
Simon Boom Gives a Wedding
1972
Mother Goose Picture Book
Mother Goose Picture Book
2000
Los tres cerditos
Los tres cerditos
2008
Eating up Gladys
Eating up Gladys
2005
Mother Goose Picture Book (Michael Di Capra Books)
Mother Goose Picture Book (Michael Di Capra Books)
2000
To Hilda for helping
To Hilda for helping
1977
Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus
Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus
2001
Princess and Froggie
Princess and Froggie
1986
Dancing Line and Merry Color
Dancing Line and Merry Color
2004