The Carle is the international champion for picture book art and books. We collect, preserve, and present picture book art for audiences passionate about art and books.
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Robert Lawson, Illustration for The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, 1936. The Morgan Library & Museum, 1970.16:1-37, Gift of the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. © 1936 Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson, renewed 1964 Munro Leaf and John W. Boyd. Used by permission of Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
The Carle is the international champion for picture book art and books. We collect, preserve, and present picture book art for audiences passionate about art and books.




