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Martin Provensen

MARTIN PROVENSEN (1916–1987) and his wife, Alice, illustrated more than fifty books for children, including Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm and numerous Little Golden Books, such as The Color Kittens and Katie the Kitten. In 1984, they won the Caldecott Medal for The Glorious Fight, which they wrote and illustrated together.
Katie the Kitten
The Golden Mother Goose
Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
The Fuzzy Duckling
The Color Kittens
The Glorious Flight

Books

Katie the Kitten
The Golden Mother Goose
Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses
The Fuzzy Duckling
The Color Kittens
The Glorious Flight

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Every May we celebrate the rich history and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Browse a curated selection of fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators that we think your students will love. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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