If you're a fan of Little Golden Books then you will definitely recognize the name Mel Crawford. A Canadian-American children's book illustrator.
Mel Crawford (1925-2015) was a Canadian born illustrator of Sesame Street books. Crawford also illustrated books and comic book covers for Disney and supplied the art for the Dr. Seuss book Gerald McBoing Boing, using water colors. He supplied art for over 93 Western Publishing titles.
Born in Toronto, Canada August 10, 1925
Died in Washington, CT. February 23, 2015 (89 years old)
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Legacy Obituary
Little Golden Book - Bibliography
The Whistling Wizard (1952) by Bil Baird ... Flipbook ... PDF
Gordon's Jet Flight (1961) by Naomi J. Glasson
Rootie Kazootie Detective #150 (1953) ... by Steve Carlin ... Flipbook ... GoldenBookGal PDF
Rootie Kazootie, Baseball Star #190 (1954) ... by Steve Carlin ... Flipbook ... GoldenBookGal PDF
Rootie Kazootie Joins the Circus #226 (1955) ... by Steve Carlin ... Flipbook ... GoldenBookGal PDF
Hanna-Barbera's Flintstones #450 (1961) ... Story and pictures by Mel Crawford ... Flipbook ... PDF ... GoldenGems
Hanna Barbera "Pebbles Flintstone" (1963) ... by Jean Lewis ... Flipbook ... PDF ... Golden Gems
Hanna Barbera's Cave Kids (1974) ... by Bruce R. Carrick ... Flipbook ... PDF ... GoldenGems
Leave It To Beaver #347 (1959) by Lawrence Alson
Edgar Rice Burroughs 'Tarzan' #549 (1964) by Gina Ingoglia Weiner
Roy Rogers and the New Cowboy #177 (1953) by Annie North Bedford
Roy Rogers and Cowboy Toby #195 (1954) by Elizabeth Beecher
Roy Rogers and the Mountain Lion #231 (1955) by Ann McGovern
Roy Rogers and the Indian Sign #259 (1956) by Gladys Wyatt
Dale Evans and The Lost Gold Mine #213 (1954) by Monica Hill
Annie Oakley and the Rustlers #221 (1955) by Ann McGovern
Gene Autry Western Adventure #230, (1955) by Steffi Fletcher
Broken Arrow #299 (1957) by Charles Spain Verral
Fury #286 (1957) by Kathleen Irwin
Fury #173 (1958) by Kathleen Irwin
Rin Tin Tin and Rusty, #246 (1955) by Monica Hill
Rin Tin Tin and the Outlaw, #304 (1957) by Charles Spain Verral
Rin Tin Tin and The Hidden Treasure [A Big Golden Book] by Charles Spain Verral (1958)
The Life and Legend of WYATT EARP #315 (1958) ... by Monica Hill
The Jungle Book (1967) by Annie North Bedford
Gerald McBoing Boing (1952) by Dr. Seuss
Where is the Bear? (1967) by Betty Hubka
MGM's National Velvet (1961) by Kathryn Hitte (Adapter)
Cats (1976) by Laura French
Lassie and Her Day in the Sun (1958) by Charles Spain Verral
A Visit to the Children's Zoo (1963) by Barbara Shook Hazen
Tommy's Camping Adventure #471 (1962) by Gladys Relyea Saxon
Uncle Wiggily by Howard Roger Garis
Smokey Bear And The Campers (1961) by S. Quentin Hyatt
Supercar #492 (1962) by George Sherman
The Chuckle Book. Jokes & Riddles. (A Big Golden Book) 1971
The Cowboy Book (A Golden Shape Book) 1968
Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Golden Shape Book) 1967
The Smokey Bear Book (A Golden Shape Book) 1970
The Turtle Book #5922 (A Golden Shape Book) 1965
Walt Disney's The Bambi Book (a Golden Shape Book) 1966
Big Bird and Little Bird's Book of Big and Little (Golden Super Shape Book) 1977 by Emily Perl Kingsley
Walt Disney's Toby Tyler (1960) by Carl Memling
Walt Disney's Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier #D45 (1955) by Irwin Shapiro
Walt Disney's Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race (1955) by Irwin Shapiro
Walt Disney Presents: The Ugly Dachshund (1966) by Carl Memling (Adapter)
Walt Disney's Big Red (1962) by Walt Disney Company, Kathleen N. Daly (Adaptor)
Walt Disney's Savage Sam [A Big Golden Book in Full Color] Told By Carl Memling
1975 GOLDEN CALENDAR / (A Golden Special)
Illustrated by Mel Crawford / Copyright 1974 / Western Publishing Co. / Golden Press
References:
Vintage Television and Little Golden Books / Western Themed Collection
A Collection of 4 "Rootie Kazootie" vintage books featuring Illustrator Mel Crawford and Rootie, a cute little puppet boy with his own TV show on NBC that ran for 4 years in the early 50's.
The Santis Illustrators/Authors (Archived)
AskArt
Original calendar source: "The Kid In Us Books" | Ebay
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