Gyo Fujikawa's Little Library (My Mini Book Collection)
Gyo Fujikawa (1908-1999) made a career in the advertising world and also enjoyed a lengthy stint at the Walt Disney Studios, where she designed the large book version ofFantasia. In 1957, she illustrated her first picture book,A Child's Garden of Verses. Many other followed, some of which she also wrote.Babies, published in 1963, stands as a landmark: it was the first children's book to depict infants of different races and nations sharing growing experiences. Fujikawa's books have been translated into 17 languages and are read in more than 22 countries.