When The Root Children Wake Up
Dean (Text by) Olfers, Sibylle (Illustrator) and Fish
Hardcover
(Frederick Stokes., Jan. 1, 1930)
Ten delightful full-page color-saturated illustrations to the page edges by Sibylle von Olfers, whose use of natural observation and simple design has led to her comparison to Kate Greenaway. Root children, asleep all winter, and Earth Mother assist in all the natural bounties of the seasons. Von Olfers' German original of 1906 was her best-known. Also one of best-known accomplishments of Helen Dean Fish, successful children's book editor.