James J Daugherty

James Daugherty

James Henry Daugherty (June 1, 1889 Asheville, North Carolina February 21, 1974) was an American modernist painter, muralist, children's book author, and ...

Andy and the Lion

Abe Lincoln Grows Up

Railroad to Freedom

Landing of the Pilgrims

Landing of the Pilgrims

Andy and the Lion

Daniel Boone

Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent With Lewis and Clark

Daniel Boone

"Awarded the John Newbery Medal 'for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children' in 1940"James Daugherty has dipped his pen and his brush into our nation's most dynamic character whose life adventures are more exciting than the shadowy legend his name brings to mind. Dan...

Abraham Lincoln

Published by Beautiful Feet Books "James Daugherty has turned his pen to the greatest American of them all: Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States. His book is the people's Lincoln, Lincoln the man--seen through the clear eyes of an artist and poet, American to the bone. "It is ...

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address is one of the most influential speeches in our history, written by Abraham Lincoln at a crucial period in his presidency and in United States history. Caldecott Honoree and Newbery Medalist James Daugherty's pictorial interpretation of President Abraham Lincoln's famous speech...

The Landing of the Pilgrims (Landmark Books)

In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But th...

The Magna Charta

It was Ben Franklin who coined the phrase, "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God," and if any historical drama fulfills that maxim, it is surely the saga of King John and the drafting of the Magna Charta. Out of the rich turbulence of English history, June 15, 1215 stands apart as a significant ...

Poor Richard

This lively text exemplifies both the man and the artist. Benjamin Franklin lived in turbulent times and met those times head-on with passion and gusto. James Daugherty—ever the patriot himself—has captured that essential nature of Franklin in his energetic and dramatic three-color lithographs that ...

Of Courage Undaunted

Originally published in 1951, Newbery and Caldecott Medal winner James Daugherty has applied his literary and artistic skill to bringing to life the remarkable expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their 3555-mile trek from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean. Taken largely from original ac...

Andy and the Lion (Picture Puffins)

In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets a lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.