The Children's Literature Research Collections

Original illustration from The Poky Little Puppy - Gustaf Tenngren, 1942

Good night, room!

An original tempera illustration from Goodnight Moon.

The CLRC also has Good Night Moon in Hmong and English!

Goodnight noises everywhere!

An original tempera illustration from Goodnight Moon.

An original illustration from Shy Little Kitten by Gustaf Tenggren, 1946.

One more original Goodnight Moon illustration from our Kerlan Collection. This time, it’s an ink layer rather than a tempera layer…

An original Tomie DePaola illustration from the Kerlan Collection.

A personal illustration by Gustaf Tenggren, of him and his wife at Dogfish Head in Maine. Gustaf Tenggren was the illustrator of classic books such as The Poky Little Puppy, The Saggy Baggy Elephant, Snow White and Rose Red, and The Shy Little Kitten. He also worked as the chief illustrator for Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and worked on Bambi and Pinnochio.

Runaway Bunny - Margaret Wise Brown.