Maybe a handful? Some were cute, some confusing, some cruel. While I grew up in the United States I didn’t know any of these songs. “I have many online friends and no real life friends.” Now, I don’t see little girls double dutching or playing any hand games. When I was in elementary school I loved playing hand games and jump roping while singing some songs. In addition to the 1946 Caldecott Medal for The Rooster Crows, the Petershams also received the 1942 Caldecott Honour Award in 1942 for 'An American ABC'.ġ943- A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles When Miska died in 1960, Maud sold the Woodstock, New York, house in which they had lived and worked for forty years and moved to a smaller home in Woodstock. The Petershams wrote and illustrated 60 books for children and illustrated 100 by other authors. Their routine consisted of Maud writing the stories and doing the roughs then Miska would finish, doing the color separations on acetate and all the tedious hand work. They had a close working relationship with their juvenile editor and were allowed to plan their own books entirely from making the dummy to choosing the format, layout, colors, and type. Often they traveled to foreign lands such as Holland, Greece, Germany, and Palestine to do research for their books. In 1946, the couple received the Caldecott Medal for The Rooster Crows, a book of American songs, rhymes, and games in the tradition of Mother Goose. In 1929 they wrote and illustrated their first book, Miki, about their son. The Petershams began illustrating books together, at first only for other authors. Her first job was in the art department at the International Art Service, an advertising firm, where she met her husband, Miska Petersham. After graduating from Vassar College she studied at the New York School Of Fine And Applied Art. As a child, she loved picture books and to draw. The family moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to Newburg, New York, and finally to Scranton, Pennsylvania. Maud Fuller was the daughter of a Baptist minister, She grew up with three sisters in a parsonage.

The Rooster Crows by Maud Petersham