Illustrating Space
Space-themed children’s literature began to proliferate in the 1950s and 1960s. Through playful illustrations and the use of simple metaphors, children’s authors were able to incite curiosity about space and technology in a younger audience.
Title page sketch for Mis Primeros Conocimientos Vol. 1: Trenes, Aviones, Viajes Interplanetarios
Endpaper sketch for Mis Primeros Conocimientos Vol. 1.
Letter from Grolier illustration department to Leonard Everett Fisher, June 3, 1960.
Cut-paper collage for Rain and Shine, by Cornelius DeWitt, circa 1956.
