Miska Petersham

1888 – 1960

Mikaly Petrezselyem, the son of a carpenter and blacksmith, grew up in a peasant home. In 1911 he moved to London. Unable to support himself with art, upon advice of a friend, he emigrated to New York in 1912. Shortening his last name to Petersham, he obtained work with the International Art Service, where he met his wife, Maud Fuller. The Petershams began illustrating books together, for other authors. In 1929 they wrote and illustrated their first book, Miki, about their son. In 1946, they received the Caldecott Medal for "The Rooster Crows". Often they traveled to lands such as Holland,

• The Rooster Crows
• The Christ child
• Joseph and His Brother
• Story of Jesus
• The box with red wheels
• The Rooster Crows
• The f-u-n book
• The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
• Told under the Christmas tree
• Under the story tree
• Understanding clay recognition and processing (VITA technical paper)
• Understanding the small-scale clay products enterprise (VITA technical paper)