In the mid 1920's with her family mostly grown and supporting themselves, Wanda finally abandoned the commercial art world and moved first to Connecticut and then to rural New Jersey. She painted lampshades, designed toys, and created fashion illustrations and commercial art. She supported the family much like her industrious father had done by creating art. Soon after Wanda moved to New York her mother also died leaving Wanda to raise the younger children. Wanda was also drawn to the tenets of feminism and the plight of the working class. Although quick to argue with her teachers and a staunch believer in herself and her own talents, she never hurt for friends or stimulating conversation. Paul and six in New York solidified many of Wanda's humanitarian beliefs and credos as well as affording her a strong background in the classical arts. Paul and eventually to the Arts Student League in New York. In one 2 year period she sold 35 pictures, 14 stories and 4 poems.Īfter graduating from high school Wanda received scholarships to an art school in St. 'This Newbery Honor winner is distinguished by innovative design and a strong storyteller's cadence.Wanda managed to support her large family by designing and selling greeting cards, giving drawing lessons, and most impressive of all, selling both stories and drawings to the children's section of the Minneapolis newspaper. Repeated lines and the sing-song title refrain make this a read-aloud natural.(Ages 4 to 8) -This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Gag's simple, appealing black ink drawings are perfect for the story, somehow capturing at least the idea of millions of cats in a single page. Anyone who has ever owned more than a single cat can tell you what happens next. When the wife points out their inability to support the legion of felines, it is left to the cats to decide who among them is the prettiest. When he is forced to choose from 'hundreds, thousands, millions and billions and trillions' of cats, he (naturally) brings them all home.

An old man and his wife decide to get a cat, so the old man goes out in search of the prettiest cat of all. Millions of Cats is a wonderful tale of vanity versus humility, written and illustrated by the singular Wanda Gag.

Millions of cats by wanda gág