Fisher, Leonard Everett

Dates:
Active 1956
Active 1991

Biographical notes:

American author and illustrator of children's and yonug adult books.

From the description of The golden spur : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436769

From the description of Theseus and the Minotaur : a Greek myth : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424023

American author and illustrator of children's and young adult books.

From the description of The schools : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489656

From the description of The blacksmiths : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489697

From the description of The homemakers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489676

From the description of Pushers, spads, jennies, and jets : a book of airplanes : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489693

From the description of The printers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489655

From the description of Two if by sea : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424031

From the description of The warlock of Westfall : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424030

From the description of Noonan : a novel about baseball, ESP, and time warps : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424064

From the description of Malachy's gold : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424050

From the description of The night country : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436806

From the description of The shipbuilders : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424032

From the description of Getting to know the U.S.A : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436834

From the description of The man without a country : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436803

From the description of The factories : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436765

From the description of The burning mountain : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424020

From the description of Leonard Everett Fisher's liberty book : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424068

From the description of A Russian farewell : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424066

From the description of The first book of the founding of the Republic : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489652

From the description of William Penn : Quaker hero : prodcution material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489659

From the description of All times, all peoples : a world history of slavery : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489650

From the description of Lora, Lorita : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489696

From the description of The shoemakers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489658

From the description of The schoolmasters : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489695

From the description of The Queen's most honorable pirate : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436835

From the description of Earth songs : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436756

From the description of Journey of the gray whales : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424067

From the description of The golden frog : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489653

From the description of The story of the thirteen colonies : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424025

From the description of The wicked city : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424021

From the description of The sports : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424051

From the description of The glassmakers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436766

From the description of Space songs : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436773

From the description of The papermakers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436763

From the description of The railroads : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436840

From the description of The seven days of creation : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436780

From the description of Energy and power : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424022

From the description of Let's find out about John F. Kennedy : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424065

From the description of The blue man : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436758

From the description of The first book of the American Revolution : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489651

From the description of A Russian farewell : production material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82447494

From the description of Up in the air : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685502

From the description of Sea songs : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685506

From the description of Alphabet art : thirteen ABCs from around the world : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685499

From the description of The potters : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685544

From the description of The covered bridge : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685500

From the description of A head full of hats : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685543

From the description of Napoleon's marshal : the life of Marshal Ney : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685526

From the description of The tanners : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685545

From the description of America moves forward : a history for Peter : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685504

From the description of The cabinetmakers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685523

From the description of Archimedes : mathematician and inventor : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685505

From the description of The silversmiths : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685527

From the description of Sky songs : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685507

From the description of The first book of New England : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401965

From the description of Across the sea from Galway : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401961

From the description of The peddlers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401984

From the description of The life of St. Paul : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401986

From the description of The unions : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401969

From the description of The hatters : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401966

From the description of Alexander : king, general, scientist : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401964

From the description of Whaling boy : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401968

From the description of The first book of the White House : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402001

From the description of America grows up : a history for Peter : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401962

From the description of A jungle jumble : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489654

From the description of The hospitals : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489657

American illustrator and author of children's and young adult books; Kerlan Award winner, 1991.

From the description of Papers, 1956-1991. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401960

American author and illustrator of children's books.

From the description of Picture book of Revolutionary War heroes : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62436841

From the description of The world of Jo Davidson : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62424024

From the description of The wigmakers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685501

From the description of America is born : a history for Peter : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62685503

From the description of The weavers : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62402002

From the description of Letters from Italy : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62401983

American illustrator and author of children's and young adult books.

From the description of The ABC exhibit : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62489649

Born in the Bronx in 1924, Leonard Everett Fisher grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. Fisher studied at the Heckscher Foundation in 1932, with Moses Soyer in 1939, the New York Art Students League in 1941, and Brooklyn College. After the war, Fisher earned both his bachelor and master of fine art from Yale University. After his graduation, Fisher became the dean of the Whitney Art School in New Haven, Connecticut. He married Margery Meskin later that year. He left his position at the Whitney Art School in 1953 and became an illustrator for children's books. Fisher has written, and self-illustrated more than eighty children's books and illustrated at least 260 books for other authors.

From the description of Leonard Everett Fisher papers, 1936-1969. (University of Oregon Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54360593

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Subjects:

  • Printing
  • Printing
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • Education
  • Education
  • Airplanes
  • Airplanes
  • Airplanes
  • Airplanes
  • Alphabet
  • Alphabet
  • Authors, American
  • American poetry
  • Animals
  • Animals
  • Teachers
  • Teachers
  • Baseball
  • Baseball
  • Bible stories
  • Bible stories
  • Blacksmith
  • Blacksmithing
  • Blacksmithing
  • Blacksmiths
  • Covered bridges
  • Cabinetwork
  • Cabinetwork
  • Children's literature
  • Children's literature, American
  • Children's poetry, American
  • Creation
  • Creation
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Emigration and immigration
  • English language
  • Essays
  • Factories
  • Factories
  • Factory system
  • Famines
  • Flight
  • Flight
  • Force and energy
  • Force and energy
  • Furniture
  • Furniture, Colonial
  • General
  • Generals
  • Glass manufacture
  • Glass manufacture
  • Gold miners
  • Gray whale
  • Gray whale
  • Handicraft
  • Handicraft
  • Hats
  • Hats
  • Hats
  • Horses
  • Horses
  • Hospitals
  • Hospitals
  • Illustrated children's books
  • Illustrators
  • Indians of Central America
  • Indians of Central America
  • Irish Americans
  • Irish Americans
  • Italian Americans
  • Italian Americans
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Jungle animals
  • Kings, queens, rulers, etc
  • Labor unions
  • Labor unions
  • Lettering
  • Manufactures
  • Manufacturing industries
  • Marshals
  • Mathematicians
  • Mathematicians
  • Mathematics, Greek
  • Minotaur (Greek mythology)
  • Minotaur (Greek mythology)
  • Mythology, Greek
  • Natural history
  • Nature
  • Old age
  • Old age
  • Outer space
  • Papermaking
  • Papermaking
  • Parrots
  • Peddlers and peddling
  • Peddlers and peddling
  • Pets
  • Pioneers
  • Pirates
  • Pirates
  • Potteries
  • Pottery
  • Power resources
  • Power resources
  • Presidents
  • Quakers
  • Quakers
  • Railroads
  • Railroads
  • Scientists
  • Sculptors
  • Sea poetry
  • Sea poetry, American
  • Sea stories
  • Shipbuilding
  • Shipbuilding
  • Shoemakers
  • Shoemakers
  • Short stories
  • Silversmith
  • Silversmiths
  • Silverwork
  • Silverwork
  • Sky
  • Sky
  • Space and time
  • Sports
  • Sports
  • Tanners
  • Tanners
  • Tanning
  • Tanning
  • Theseus (Greek mythology)
  • Theseus (Greek mythology)
  • Volcanoes
  • Weaving
  • Weaving
  • Whales
  • Whaling
  • Whaling
  • Wigs
  • Wigs
  • Witchcraft
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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