A Farm Story by Elsa Ruth Nast. Illustrations by Masha. 1946
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The one of the two boys and the dog seems very like Margaret Wise Brown’s Mister Dog – but now I’ve gone searching a bit and found that Masha illustrated the first Little Golden Book. Interesting! Do you know anything about her?
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Sem Reply:
April 27th, 2011 at 08:19
Her real name was Marie Simchow Stern and there ends my knowledge of her. I found this but little else. I have another book with her illustrations and will upload it.
I didn’t like ‘A Farm Story’ when I was a child. It was given to my oldest brother by an uncle who had a fondness for such things. He gave me ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and I didn’t like that either. :D Too many children, not enough animals.
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Hallie Reply:
May 2nd, 2011 at 18:51
I always seem to be apologising for late replies! I found that same information pretty much. It’s fascinating that Masha is so obscure.
I can see not liking the book much if you preferred the animals to children! I like the cow’s expression, but the girl, especially, is a bit sweet for my taste.
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