Dahlov Ipcar

Originally published in 1969 by Doubleday.

The Cat at Night

A little boy catches the biggest fish in the sea but the fish in turn swallows him, his family, and the whole town.

The Biggest Fish in the Sea

My Wonderful Christmas Tree

This charming bug family (mama is a ladybug and papa is a daddy longlegs) share a day in Bug City, where they go shopping (for calico moths and velvet ants, of course) and visit the zoo (with rhinoceros beetles and ant lions). The bug family goes to work, cleans house, goes shopping, and enjoys a parade and the zoo. Children of all ages will be entranced by these bright colorful illustrations--a monarch butterfly riding a goldbug coach pulled by horseflies--and familiar end-of-day activities like dinner and bedtime where "only glowworms and the lightning bugs light up the darkness with their small lights." Ipcar's flamboyant, four-color illustrations make for an amusing and quirky book in which children can also learn to identify many different kinds of insects. Ipcar was a well-known artist of the WPA-era and also illustrated a number of other children's books. Ipcar's works are now in the permanent collections of museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum in New York. She is also represented in the leading art museums of Maine, as well as in many corporate and private collections throughout the country.

Bug City

Take a journey to the bottom of the sea with the gentle merman farmer who tends fanciful fields of sea cucumbers and sea beans with the help of his two sea horses. He must defend his cowfish and sea hens from fierce sea lions and tiger sharks, and free any sea creatures caught in traps or nets dropped from above. Legendary artist Dahlov Ipcar brings this enchanting undersea world to life with her vibrant illustrations and clever transformation of a traditional farmer’s tasks to a deep sea setting.

Deep Sea Farm

A little tiger and a little leopard go hunting together, deciding that the leopard will catch things with spots and the tiger will catch things with stripes.

Stripes and Spots

Join a merman farmer as he tends his fields of sea cucumbers with his sea horses, defends his cowfish against the sea lions, and frees all manner of sea creatures from traps and nets dropped from above.

Follow a whimsical day in the life of a Bug City family, with imaginative illustrations of real insects by American artist Dahlov Ipcar This charming bug family (Mama is a ladybug and Papa is a daddy longlegs) share a day in Bug City, where they go shopping (for calico moths and velvet ants, of course!) and visit the zoo with rhinoceros beetles and ant lions. Their quaint, busy lives, augmented by Dahlov Ipcar's flamboyant, colorful illustrations, make a charming story for readers to enjoy and learn how to identify a wide variety of bugs.

Two little dogs frolic and dream of adventures beyond their wildest imaginations, from the jungles of the Congo, with towering ebony elephants, to the whitewashed, frigid arctic where the icy white polar bears roam. Dahlov Ipcar once again pairs her timeless illustrations with fresh original verse that celebrates the unity and beauty of the living, breathing, natural world around us.

Black and White

Dahlov Ipcar's classic picture book explores the glorious world of dinosaurs from Brontosaurus to Tyrannosaurus. Fifteen weird and wonderful prehistoric creatures soar, swim, and crawl through Ipcar's striking illustrations in bold and beautiful color which will entice and enthral young readers. Dahlov Ipcar takes us back to a prehistoric world, teeming with creatures that soar, swim and thunder through the green jungle world. First published in 1958, The Wonderful Egg has been beautifully re-mastered from the original edition and printed in splendid spot colors.

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