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Nebraska Author and Illustrator Ruth Rosekrans Hoffman

NebraskaAuthorHoffman1A list of books featuring illustrations by
Ruth Rosekrans Hoffman
1926-2007

[Ruth] Rosekrans Hoffman was born 7 January 1926, in Denton, Nebraska, the daughter of James Charles and Pearl (Hocking) Rosekrans. She received a B.F.A. at the University of Nebraska in 1949, married Robert Hoffman in 1955, and eventually settled in West Haven, CT. A painter and illustrator, Hoffman’s work has been exhibited at The Whitney Museum and The Brooklyn Museum, in addition to gracing the pages of numerous children’s picture and non-fiction books. Mrs. Hoffman passed away in September, 2007.

All books in this list which are owned by Lincoln City Libraries are hotlinked to their entries in our library catalog, so that you may check on their current availability. Some titles may exist only in the library’s Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors and can not be checked out. If you see a title on this list that is not hotlinked to our collection, please consider ordering it through our Interlibrary Loan department.


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Jane Yolen’s Old MacDonald Songbook
by Jane Yolen
Boyds Mills Press, 1994

Heritage Bess
The Truth About the Moon
by Clayton Bess
Houghton Mifflin, 1983

Heritage Cassedy
The Best Cat Suit of All
by Sylvia Cassedy, 1930-1989
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991

Heritage Hoffman
Sweet Sister Ella
by Rosekrans Hoffman, 1926-2007
Morrow, 1982

Heritage McClenathan
The Easter Pig
by Louise McClenathan
Morrow, 1979

Heritage McClenathan
My Mother Sends Her Wisdom
by Louis McClenathan
Morrow, 1979

Heritage McClenathan
My Mother Sends Her Wisdom
by Louise McClenathan
Weekly Reader Book Club, 1979

Heritage Sharmat
Come Home, Wilma
by Mitchell Sharmat
Whitman, 1980

Heritage Tanz
An Egg Is To Sit On
by Christine Tanz
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1978

Heritage Tompert
Sue Patch and the Crazy Clocks
by Ann Tompert
Dial, 1989

Heritage White
Walter in Love
by Alicen White
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1973

Heritage Williams
The Case of the Missing Hat: Starring Jim Henson’s Muppets
by Greg Williams
Muppet Press/Random House, 1982

jF Wood
The Horrible Holidays
by Audrey Wood
Dial, 1988

jF Wood
Three Sisters
by Audrey Wood
Dial, 1986

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Jane Yolen’s Mother Goose Songbook
by Jane Yolen
Caroline House/Boyds Mill Press, 1992

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Creepy, Crawly Critter Riddles
by Joanne E. Bernstein
Whitman, 1986

j782.72 Hop
How Do You Make an Elephant Float? And Other Delicious Riddles
by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Whitman, 1983

jP Hoffman
Anna Banana
by Rosekrans Hoffman, 1926-2007
Knopf/Random House, 1975

jP Hopkins
Elves, Fairies & Gnomes: Poems
by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Knopf, 1980

jP Hopkins
Go to Bed! A Book of Bedtime Poems
by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Knopf, 1979

jP Lakin
Jet Black Pick-Up Truck
by Pat Lakin
Orchard/Watts, 1990

jP Limmer
Where Do Little Girls Grow?
by Milly jane Limmer
Whitman, 1993

jP Miranda
Pignic: An Alphabet in Rhyme
by Anne Miranda
Boyds Mills Press, 1996

jP Van Woerkom
Alexandra the Rock Eater: An Old Rumanian Tale Retold
by Dorothy Van Woerkom
Knopf, 1978

jP Wolcott
Where Did That Naughty Little Hamster Go?
by Patty Wolcott
Random House/Addison Wesley/Lippincott, 1974

Compiled December 2007 Heritage Room staff | Adapted and expanded for the Web September 2016 sdc