List of illustrations
Figure 1.
Illustration by Binna Gvirtz from Eliezer Smoli:
Children of the First Rain. Tel Aviv: Haskala la-Am, 1937: 22. Courtesy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Figure 2.
“The Emissaries from the Jezreel Valley.” Illustration by Nahum Gutman from Bracha Habas:
Little Heroes, Stories from Children’s Lives in Eretz Yisrael. Tel Aviv: Ha-Merkaz la-No’ar shel Histadrut ha-Ovdim, 1934: 3. Courtesy of the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 3.
Front page of
Davar li-Yeladim, 14 October 1937. Courtesy of the Pinhas Lavon Institute for Labour Research, Tel Aviv, and the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 4.
Illustration from Nahum Gutman:
In the Land of Lobengulu King of Zulu [1940]. Ben Shemen: Modan, 1999: 17. Courtesy of the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 5.
The band of players. Illustration by Nahum Gutman from Hayim Nahman Bialik:
Songs and Poems for Children. Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1933: 10. Courtesy of the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 6.
Front page of
Musaf Davar li-Yeladim, 13 January 1933. Courtesy of the Pinhas Lavon Institute for Labour Movement Research, Tel Aviv, and Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 7.
Illustration by Yitzhak Polakevitz-Palgi from Rivka Gurfein:
Vadi Goes out to Work. Merhavia: Sifriat Poalim, 1944: 3. Courtesy of Tzvia Aizenberg, Urit Hadar, and Amira Palgi-Stobil.
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Figure 8.
Illustration by Nahum Gutman from
Adventures of a Light-Blue Donkey [1944]. Merhavia: Hakibbutz Ha’artzi, 1970: 147. Courtesy of the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 9.
Illustration by Arie Navon from Lea Goldberg: “Evening Descends on Mount Gilad” in
What Do the Does Do? Merhavia: Sifriat Poalim, 1949: 55. Courtesy of Prof. David Navon.
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Figure 10.
All the children come to the theater dressed up!” Illustration by Iza Hershkowitz from Levin Kipnis & Yemima Tchernovitz:
My Kindergarten: A Book for Mother and Child. Tel Aviv: Tversky, 1947: 94.
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Figure 11.
Illustration by Nahum Gutman from Yitzhak Demiel (Schwaiger): “Hannale’s Sabbath Dress,” in
This Is How It Was Told. Tel Aviv: Yavneh, 1938. Courtesy of the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 12.
Illustration by Tirza Tanai from Kadia Molodowsky:
Open the Gate: Children’s Poems. Ein Harod: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1945: 5. Courtesy of Michal Gil.
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Figure 13.
Illustration by Nahum Gutman from Yemima Tchernovitz: “Muki Visits ‘Somewhere’ in the Land [of Israel].”
Davar li-Yeladim, 29 October 1942: 45. Courtesy of the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 14.
Illustration by Nahum Gutman from Yemima Tchernovitz:
Eight on the Trail of One. Tel Aviv: Tversky, 1945: 127. Courtesy of the Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv.
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Figure 15.
Cover illustration by Elsa Kantor for Fania Bergstein:
Come to Me, Sweet Butterfly. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1945. Courtesy of Hakibbutz Hameuchad – Sifriat Poalim Publishing House.
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Figure 16.
Bedtime in the children’s house. Illustration by Elsa Kantor from Fania Bergstein:
Come to Me, Sweet Butterfly. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1945. Courtesy of Hakibbutz Hameuchad – Sifriat Poalim Publishing House.
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Figure 17.
The cow and calf. Illustration by Elsa Kantor from Fania Bergstein:
Come to Me, Sweet Butterfly. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1945. Courtesy of Hakibbutz Hameuchad – Sifriat Poalim Publishing House.
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Figure 18.
Cover illustration by Shoshana Heyman for Kush:
ShmulikPorcupine. Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim, 1956. Courtesy of Hakibbutz Hameuchad – Sifriat Poalim Publishing House.
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Figure 19.
Illustration by Ari Ron from Lea Goldberg:
Where Is Pluto? Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim, 1957. Courtesy of Ari Ron.
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Figure 20.
Cover photograph by Peter Merom from Raphael Eliaz:
Ziva the Doll. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1957. Courtesy of Boaz Bokie – Israel Photography Collection, Mevaseret Zion.
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Figure 21.
The encounter with the children. Photograph by Peter Merom from Raphael Eliaz:
Ziva the Doll. Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1957. Courtesy of Boaz Bokie – Israel Photography Collection, Mevaseret Zion.
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Figure 22.
Cover illustration by Yosef Yitzhak for MiriamYalan-Stekelis:
Danny’s Book. Tel Aviv: Dvir, 1943. Courtesy of Kinneret, Zmora, Dvir Publishing House.
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Figure 23.
Illustration by Tamara Rikman from Haya Shenhav:
Raspberry Juice. Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1970. Courtesy of Tamara Rikman.
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Figure 24.
Illustration by Tamara Rikman from Haya Shenhav:
Raspberry Juice. Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1970. Courtesy of Tamara Rikman.
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Figure 25.
Cover illustration by Yehuda Amichai for
Things That Happened to Roni in New York. Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1968. Courtesy of Hanna Amichai.
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Figure 26.
Cover illustration by Shoshana Heyman for Lea Goldberg:
A Flat for Rent. Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim, 1959. Courtesy of Professor Gad Charny.
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Figure 27.
The apartment building and its inhabitants. Illustration by Shoshana Heyman from Lea Goldberg:
A Flat for Rent. Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim, 1959. Courtesy of Professor Gad Charny.
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Figure 28.
The arrival of the rabbit. Illustration by Shoshana Heyman from Lea Goldberg:
A Flat For Rent. Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim, 1959. Courtesy of Professor Gad Charny.
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Figure 29.
Cover illustration by Shmuel Katz for Lea Goldberg:
A Flat for Rent. Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim, 1970. Courtesy of Hakibbutz Hameuchad – Sifriat Poalim Publishing House.
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Figure 30.
The ant climbing the stairs to view the flat. Illustration by Shmuel Katz from Lea Goldberg:
A Flat for Rent. Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim. 1970. Courtesy of Hakibbutz Hameuchad – Sifriat Poalim Publishing House.
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Figure 31.
The nightingale inspecting the flat. Illustration by Shmuel Katz from Lea Goldberg:
A Flat for Rent. Tel Aviv: Sifriat Poalim 1970. Courtesy of Hakibbutz Hameuchad – Sifriat Poalim Publishing House.
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