John Langstaff

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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1955
  • Latest Book:
    October 1999
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Books in Order: 6 titles

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  • On Christmas Day in the Morning

  • What a Morning: The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals

  • Climbing Jacob's Ladder

    Climbing Jacob's Ladder is John Langstaff's work celebrating heroes of the bible in African-American Spirituals.An illustrated collection of black spirituals about Old Testament heroes in which naive, lively illustrations in brilliant hues depict the...

  • What a Morning!

  • Over in the Meadow

    The old animal counting song. “Numbers for knee highs couldn’t be more fun. . . . Also has music for the song at the end. . . . Feodor Rojankovsky’s charming illustrations are in full color and black and white.”--Kirkus ReviewsThis title has ...

  • Frog Went A-Courtin'

    “A favorite old nursery ballad now appears in resplendent new dress. . . . Illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky somehow manages to combine quaintness with sophistication and his doughty frog, the coy mouse . . . and others make charming company.”--The ...



Award-Winning Books by John Langstaff

Frog Went A-Courtin'
1956 Caldecott Medal -- Picture Book


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John Langstaff has published 6 books.

John Langstaff does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, On Christmas Day in the Morning, was published in October 1999.

The first book by John Langstaff, Frog Went A-Courtin', was published in April 1955.

No. John Langstaff does not write books in series.
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