Meet the illustrator Abner Graboff

Abner Graboff (1919-1986) is an American illustrator/graphic designer who originally came from Russia. In addition to children's books, Abner Graboff illustrated and designed album covers, along with cookbooks and music books. 

First off I need to confess I have not actually see any books by Abner Graboff - I have only seen images of his illustrations and some book covers online but his work really appeals to me so I thought I might share some of his work here. I came across Abner Graboff when I was researching Roger Duvoisin and his publisher Bodleian. 

His book The Sun Looks Down by Miriam Schlein (1954) was a New York Times best seller. See inside here. Melissa Sweet shared an image on her blog here. 

Here is a list of some books by Abner Graboff:

The Sun Looks Down (1954)

Rainbow In The Morning (1956)

A Tale Is A Tale (1957)

Abelard Folk Song Book (1958)

I Want To Whistle (1958)

The Daddy Days (1958)

Of Course, You’re A Horse! (1959)

Merry Ditties (song book for piano and guitar) (1959)

Something For You, Something For Me (1960)

Noise In The Night (1960)

Mr Angelo (1960)

Please Don’t Feel Horace (1961)

I Know An Old Lady (1961)

Weeks And Weeks (1962)

A Fresh Look At Cats (1963)

The Hungry Goat (1964)

No Sort Of Animal (1964)

Heat (1965)

Mrs. McGarrity’s Peppermint Sweater (1966)

Do You Want To See Something? (1965)

Do Cat Birds Have Whiskers? (1967)

Willie & Winnie & Wilma The Wicked Witch (1967)

Skippy The Skunk (1968)

Would You Put Your Money In A Sand Bank? (1968)

Crystal Magic (1968)

Limpy The Lion, (See and Say Sounds Series) (1969)

Old Macdonald Had A Farm (1969)

It’s A Picnic! (1969)

Ann’s Ann-imal (1969)

Do You What I See? No! I See Something Else (1975)

In A Cat’s Eye (1976)

See inside here

Read more about Abner Graboff:

The Ward-O'matic - "Who was Abner Graboff"

The Ward O'matic - "The Art and Life of Abner Graboff"

The Ward O'matic - "The Art and Life of Abner Graboff part 2"

Flickr images of works by Abner Graboff

See more art here (Fishink)

Abner Graboff Pinterest collection (one of many boards with his work)

Here are some album covers: