Happy 85th, Erik Blegvad! (Danish illustrator, "Bed-Knob &

Born in Copenhagen, he traveled a great deal, has illustrated more
than 100 books and now divides his time between London, the South of
France, and Wardsboro, Vermont.

He's also illustrated "The Gammage Cup," "The Diamond in the Window,"
and the "Miss Bianca" books.

Especially memorable, in "Bed-Knob & Broomstick," are the scenes on
the South Sea Island and the 17th-century London scenes - including
Emelius the necromancer's house.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=erik+blegvad+&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
(one photo & some covers)

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=891013850&searchurl=k...Dblegva
(this is the only Blegvad cover of BK & B that I could find in a
hurry - you can make the cover MUCH bigger)

http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA166277.html
(1998 article: "Erik Blegvad Comes Full Circle for His 100th Book")

Excerpt:
"In the course of his esteemed career, Blegvad has illustrated the
works of Hans Christian Andersen, O. Henry, Myra Cohn Livingston,
Judith Viorst, Jane Langton, Charlotte Zolotow, and his wife, Lenore
Blegvad, among many others."


WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

Self-Portrait: Erik Blegvad, Addison-Wesley, 1978.

Illustrator:

Tom Galt, The Story of Peace and War, Crowell, 1953.
Julie F. Batchelor and Claudia De Lys, Superstitious: Here's Why!,
Harcourt, 1954.
Bob Brown, The Complete Book of Cheese, Random House, 1955.
Lillian Pohlman, Myrtle Albertina's Secret, Coward, 1956.
Lee Kingman, The Village Band Mystery, Doubleday, 1956.
B.J. Chute, Greenwillow, Dutton, 1956.
Dan Wickenden, The Amazing Vacation, Harcourt, 1956.
Edward Anthony, Oddity Land, Doubleday, 1957.
Jean Fritz, The Late Spring, Coward, 1957.
Kingman, Flivver, Doubleday, 1958.
Pohlman, Myrtle Albertina's Song, Coward, 1958.
Chute, Journey to Christmas, Dutton, 1958.
Isabella Holt, The Adventures of Rinaldo, Little, Brown, 1958.
(And translator) Hans Christian Andersen, The Swineherd, Harcourt,
1958.
(And translator) Andersen, The Emperor's New Clothes, Harcourt, 1959.
Carol Kendall, The Gammage Cup, Harcourt, 1959.
Betty Miles, Having a Friend, Knopf, 1959.


Robert Paul Smith, Jack Mack, Coward, 1960.
Millicent Selsam, Plenty of Fish, Harper, 1960.
Margaret Otto, The Little Old Train, Knopf, 1960.
Seymour Reit, Where's Willie?, Artists & Writers Press, 1961.
Myra C. Livingston, I'm Hiding, Harcourt, 1961.
Marjorie Winslow, Mudpies and Other Recipes, Macmillan, 1961.
Jean Stafford, Elephi, Farrar, Straus, 1962.
Livingston, See What I Found, Harcourt, 1962.
Jane Langton, The Diamond in the Window, Harper, 1962.
Leonard Wibberley, The Ballad of the Pilgrim Cat, Ives & Washbourne,
1962.
Miska Miles, Dusty and the Fiddlers, Little, Brown, 1962.
Margaret Rudkin, The Pepperidge Farm Cook Book, Atheneum, 1963.
Richard Jackson, A Year Is a Window, Doubleday, 1963.
Livingston, I'm Not Me, Harcourt, 1963.
Barbara Brenner, The Five Pennies, Knopf, 1963.
Felice Holman, Elisabeth the Birdwatcher, Macmillan, 1963.
Helen Taylor, A Time to Recall, Norton, 1963.
Myra C. Livingston, Happy Birthday, Harcourt, 1964.
Miles, Pony in the Schoolhouse, Little, Brown, 1964.
Holman, Elisabeth the Treasure Hunter, Macmillan, 1964.
Lenore Blegvad, Mr. Jensen and Cat, Harcourt, 1965.
William Allingham, The Dirty Old Man, Prentice-Hall, 1965.
Rona Jaffe, The Last of the Wizards, Simon & Schuster, 1965.
Livingston, I'm Waiting, Harcourt, 1966.
Holman, Elisabeth and the Marsh Mystery, Macmillan, 1966.
Doris Orgel, The Goodbyes of Magnus Marmalade, Putnam, 1966.
Sally Clithero, Beginning to Read Poetry, Follet, 1967.
Jane Langton, The Swing in the Summer House, Harper, 1967.
L. Blegvad, One Is for the Sun, Harcourt, 1968.
Orgel, Phoebe and the Prince, Putnam, 1968.
Monica Stirling, The Cat From Nowhere, Harcourt, 1969.
Max Steel, The Cat and the Coffeedrinkers, Harper, 1969.
Alvin Tresselt, Bonnie Bess the Weathervane Horse, Parent's Magazine
Press, 1969.
Janice May Udry, Emily's Autumn, Albert Whitman, 1969.
L. Blegvad, The Great Hamster Hunt, Harcourt, 1969.


E. Nesbit, The Conscience Pudding, Coward, 1970.
Margery Sharp, Miss Bianca in the Orient, Little, Brown, 1970.
Judith Viorst, The Tenth Good Thing About Barney, Atheneum, 1971.
Jane Langton, The Astonishing Stereoscope, Harper, 1971.
O'Henry, The Gift of the Magi, Hawthorn, 1971.
Sharp, Miss Bianca in the Antarctic, Little, Brown, 1971.
Roger Drury, The Finches' Fabulous Furnace, Little, Brown, 1971.
L. Blegvad, Moon-Watch Summer, Harcourt, 1972.
Sharp, Miss Bianca and the Bridesmaid, Little, Brown, 1972.
Nesbit, The Complete Book of Dragons, Macmillan, 1972.
Mark Taylor, The Wind's Child, Atheneum, 1973.
Joan Phipson, Polly's Tiger, Dutton, 1973.
Oliver Butterworth, The Narrow Passage, Little, Brown, 1973.
NM Bodecker, The Mushroom Center Disaster, Atheneum, 1974.
L. Blegvad, Mittens for Kittens, Atheneum, 1974.
Jan Wahl, The Five in the Forest, Follett, 1974.
L. Blegvad, Hark! Hark! The Dogs Do Bark, Atheneum, 1975.
Ruth Craft, Winter Bear, Atheneum, 1975.
Jean O'Connell, The Dollhouse Caper, Crowell, 1976.
Charlotte Zolotow, May I Visit?, Harper, 1976.
Nancy Watson, Blueberries Lavender, Addison-Wesley, 1977.
Wahl, Pleasant Fieldmouse Storybook, Prentice-Hall, 1977.
Wahl, Pleasant Fieldmouse's Valentine Trick, Windmill Productions,
1977.
Burnie's Hill, Atheneum, 1978.
L. Blegvad, This Little Pig-a-Wig, Atheneum, 1978.
Zolotow, Someone New, Harper, 1978.
Gail Mack, Yesterday's Snowman, Pantheon, 1978.
Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses, Random House,
1978.
Andrew Lang, The Yellow Fairy Book, Kestrel Books, 1979.
The Three Little Pigs, Atheneum, 1979.


L. Blegvad, The Parrot in the Garret and Other Rhymes About Dwellings,
Atheneum (New York), 1982.
Mary Stolz, Cat Walk, Harper & Row (New York), 1983.
Wahl, Peter and the Troll Baby, Golden Books (New York), 1984.
L. Blegvad, This Is Me, Random House (New York), 1986.
L. Blegvad, Anna Banana and Me, Aladdin Books (New York), 1987.
Zolotow, I Want to Be Little, Crowell (New York), 1987.
Jean Louise Curry, Little Little Sister, McElderry (New York), 1988.
L. Blegvad, Rainy Day Kate, McElderry Books (New York), 1988.
Mary Norton, Bed-Knob and Broomstick, G. K. Hall (Boston, MA), 1989.
N. M. Bodecker, Water Pennies and Other Poems, McElderry Books (New
York), 1991.


(And Compiler and translator) Hans Christian Andersen, Twelve Tales,
McElderry Books (New York), 1994.
L. Blegvad, A Sound of Leaves, McElderry (New York), 1995.
Elizabeth Spires, With One White Wing: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures,
McElderry Books (New York), 1995.
Spires, Riddle Road: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures, McElderry Books
(New York), 1999.


William Jay Smith, Around My Room, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux (New
York), 2000.
L. Blegvad, First Friends, HarperFestival (New York), 2000.
L. Blegvad, Little Babies, HarperCollins (New York), 2000.
Zolotow, The Seasons, HarperCollins (New York), 2001.
Louise Borden, Seagoing Clocks: The Story of Longitude, McElderry (New
York), 2003.


Lenona.