Michael Hague

Michael Hague (born September 8, 1948) is an American illustrator, primarily of children's fantasy books.

Biography

Among the books he has illustrated classics such as ''The Wind in the Willows'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', ''The Hobbit'' and the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. He is known for the intricate and realistic detail he brings to his work, and the rich colors he chooses.

Hague trained at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He lists his influences as the comics series ''Prince Valiant'' and the works of Disney, Japanese printmakers Hiroshige and Hokusai, and turn of the 20th century illustrators Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, N. C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle. His first big break came through Trina Schart Hyman, who as an art director for Cricket Magazine, gave him several cover art assignments.

More recent works include the graphic novel ''In the Small,'' a collaborative work with his son, graphic designer Devon Hague, published in 2008 by Little, Brown and Company.

He and his wife, author Kathleen Hague, have also collaborated on several books together. They currently live in Colorado Springs, where he donates time each year to making a poster for Imagination Celebration.

Books illustrated

* ''Gulliver in Lilliput: A Hallmark Pop-Up Book'' (Hallmark Children’s Editions, 1975)
*''The Cabbage Moth and the Shamrock'' by Ethel Marbach (Green Tiger Press, 1978)
*''Dream Weaver'' by Jan Yolen (Collins, 1979)
*''A Necklace of Fallen Stars'' by Beth Hilgartner (Little, Brown, 1879)
*''Beauty and the Beast'' retold by Deborah Apy (Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1980)
*''Demetrius and the Golden Goblet'' by Eve Bunting (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980)
*''Dragons of Light'' by Orson Scott Card and Dave Smeds ( Ace Books, 1980)
* ''East of the Sun and West of the Moon'' retold by Kathleen and Michael Hague (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980)
*''Moments: Poems about the Seasons'' edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980)
*''A Mouse Called Junction'' by Julia Cunningham (Pantheon, 1980)
*''The Wind in the Willows'' by Kenneth Grahame (Henry Holt & Co., 1980)
* ''The Man Who Kept House'' (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981)
*'' Michael Hague's Favourite Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales'' by Hans Christian Andersen and Jane S. Woodward (Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1981)
*''The Night before Christmas'' by Clement C. Moore (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981)
*''The Unicorn and the Lake'' by Marianna Mayer (Dial Books for Young Readers, 1982)
*''The Dragon Kite'' by Nancy Luenn (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982)
*''The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe'' by C.S. Lewis (Macmillan, 1983)
*''The Reluctant Dragon'' by Kenneth Grahame (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983)
*''The Velveteen Rabbit'' by Margery Williams (Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1983)
*''Alphabears: An ABC Book'' by Kathleen Hague (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984)
*''The Frog Princess'' retold by Elizabeth Isle (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1984)
* ''The Hobbit'' by J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin, 1984)
*''Mother Goose: A Collection of Classic Nursery Rhymes'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984)
*''Rapunzel'' by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (Creative Education, 1984)
*''Aesop's Fables'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985)
*''Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland'' by Lewis Carroll (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985)
*''A Child's Book of Prayers'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985)
*''The Legend of the Veery Bird'' by Kathleen Hague (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985)
*''Numbears: A Counting Book'' by Kathleen Hague (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986)
*''Out of the Nursery, into the Night'' by Kathleen Hague (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986)
* Enchanted World Series
** '' Seekers and Saviors'' (1986), vol. 12
** ''Fabled Lands'' (1986), vol. 13
* ''Michael Hague's World of Unicorns'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986), revised as ''Michael Hague's Magical World of Unicorns'' (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999)
*''Unicorn Pop-up Book'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986)
*''Peter Pan'' by J.M. Barrie (Henry Holt & Co., 1987)
*''The Secret Garden'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Henry Holt, 1987)
*''The Land of Nod, and Other Poems for Children'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1988)
*''Rootabaga Stories, Part One'' by Carl Sandburg (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988)
*''Rootabaga Stories, Part Two'' by Carl Sandburg (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989)
*''Bear Hugs'' by Kathleen Hague (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1989)
*''Cinderella and Other Tales from Perrault'' (Henry Holt & Co., 1989)
*''The Fairies'' by William Allingham (Henry Holt & Co., 1989)
*''The Unicorn Alphabet'' by Marianna Mayer (Dial, 1989)
*''The Wizard of Oz'' by L. Frank Baum (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1989)
*''Old Mother West Wind'' by Thornton W. Burgess (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1990)
*''Prairie-Town Boy'' by Carl Sandburg ith Joe Krush(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990)
*''My Secret Garden Diary (''Arcade, 1990)
*''Magic Moments: A Book of Days (''Arcade, 1990)
*''Our Baby: A Book of Records and Memories'' (Arcade, 1990)
*''A Unicorn Journal'' (Arcade, 1990)
*''The Borrowers'' by Mary Norton (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991)
*''Michael Hague's Illustrated "The Teddy Bears' Picnic”'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1992)
*''Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star'' (Morrow Junior Books, 1992)
*''South Pacific'' (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992)
*''The Rainbow Fairy Book'' (Morrow, 1993)
*''The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde'' (Michael O’Mara Books, 1993)
*''The Little Mermaid'' by Hans Christian Andersen (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1993)
*''Little Women'' by Louisa May Alcott (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1993)
*''Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear: A Classic Action Rhyme'' (Morrow, 1993)
*''Sleep, Baby, Sleep: Lullabies and Night Poems'' (Morrow, 1994)
*''The Book of Dragons'' (Morrow, 1995)
*''The Children's Book of Virtues'' edited by William J. Bennett (Simon & Schuster, 1995)
*''Michael Hague's Family Christmas Treasury'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1995)
*''The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, and Other Nonsense Poems'' (North-South Books, 1995)
*''Michael Hague's Family Easter Treasury'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1996)
*''The Perfect Present'' (Morrow, 1996)
*''The Children’s Book of Heroes'' edited by William J. Bennett (Simon & Schuster, 1997)
*''The Story of Doctor Dolittle'' by Hugh Lofting (Books of Wonder, 1997)
*''The Children's Book of America'' edited by William J. Bennett (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
*''The Twenty-third Psalm: From the King James Bible'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1999)
*''Ten Little Bears: A Counting Rhyme'' (Morrow, 1999)
*''The Book of Fairies'' (HarperCollins, 2000)
*''The Children's Treasury of Virtues'' edited by William J. Bennett (Simon & Schuster, 2000)
*''The Children's Book of Faith'' edited by William J. Bennett (Doubleday, 2000)
*''A Wind in the Willows Christmas'' (SeaStar Books, 2000)
*''The Book of Pirates'' (HarperCollins, 2001)
*''Kate Culhane, a Ghost Story'' (SeaStar Books, 2001)
*''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'' by Beatrix Potter (2001)
* ''The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle'' by Hugh Lofting (Books of Wonder, 2001)
*''The Children's Book of Home and Family'' edited by William J. Bennett (Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2002)
*'' Good Night, Fairies'' by Kathleen Hague (SeaStar Books, 2002)
*''The Teddy Bears' Picnic'' by Jimmy Kennedy (Henry Holt, 2002)
*''The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus'' by L. Frank Baum (Henry Holt, 2003)
*''The Nutcracker'' (Chronicle, 2003)
*''The Book of Fairy Poetry'' (HarperCollins, 2004)
*''Legendary Creatures of Myth and Magic'' by Marianna Mayer (Madison Park Press, 2006)
*''Lionel and the Book of Beasts'' by E. Nesbit, retold by Michael Hague (HarperCollins, 2006)
*''Animal Friends: A Collection of Poems for Children'' (Henry Holt, 2007)
*''Little Bitty Mousie'' by Jim Aylesworth (Walker & Company, 2007)
*''The Book of Wizards'' (HarperCollins, 2008)
*''In the Small'' (Little, Brown, 2008)
*''Irving Berlin’s White Christmas'' (HarperCollins, 2010)
*''Michael Hague’s Treasured Classics'' (Chronicle, 2011)
*''Michael Hague's Read-to-Me Book of Fairy Tales'' (HarperCollins, 2013)

References

External links

Official Facebook page

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1948 births
Living people
American illustrators
American comics artists
Tolkien artists