Garth Williams

Generations of children picture their favorite fictional characters as drawn by Mr. Williams: that dapper mouse Stuart Little; the kindhearted spider Charlotte and her friend, Wilbur the pig in Charlotte’s Web; and bears, dogs, kittens, crickets, elves, fairies, children and grown-ups in the Little House on the Prairie books.

“With the precision of Durer but with his own sense of innocence and wonderment, Mr. Williams created a world of storybook characters. Although the books were written by a diverse range of authors, the drawings all had Mr. Williams’s impeccable, heartwarming touch….” – The New York Times