Witch hazel : production material.

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Witch hazel : production material.

Ink & tempera illustration for title page, ink & tempera illustrations with text proof paste-up, 13 sheet pencil dummy with holograph & photocopied text. A young boy uses a witch hazel branch to make a scarecrow and has a mysterious encounter on the night of the harvest moon.

Illustrations: 25 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7814301

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Schertle, Alice

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Tomes, Margot

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Margot Tomes was born August 10, 1917 in Yonkers, New York. She attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and early in her career worked as a fabric designer. She began illustrating books in the 1950s, mainly works for adults including mysteries and cook books. In 1963 she illustrated her first book for children, The Brave Balloon of Benjamin Buckley. Throughout her long and prolific career, Margot Tomes illustrated dozens of books for children. She did illustrations for works of fiction and non-...