Snippy and Snappy

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Snippy and Snappy

Written and Illustrated by Wanda Gág

New York, Coward-McCann, 1931

Kerlan Collection, Children's Literature Research Collections

University of Minnesota Libraries

Gág produced her third picture book, Snippy and Snappy, in 1931. The involvement of artists of Gág's caliber in picture-book making greatly enhanced the visibility of the art form, and led in 1937 to the establishment of the Caldecott Medal for distinguished work by an American illustrator.


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