Nonny Hogrogian
1932 - 2024
written (or retold) and illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian:
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The Renowned History of Little Red Riding-Hood, 1967
The Thirteen Days of Yule, 1968
One Fine Day, 1971
Apples, 1972
Billy Goat and His Well-Fed Friends, 1972
The Hermit and Harry and Me, 1972
One I Love, Two I Love: And Other Loving Mother Goose Rhymes, 1972
Rooster Brother, 1974
Handmade Secret Hiding Places, 1975
The Contest: An Armenian Folktale, 1976
Carrot Cake, 1977
The Pearl: Hymn of the Robe of Glory, 1979
Cinderella, 1981
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs, 1983
The Glass Mountain, 1985
Noah's Ark, 1986
The Cat Who Loved To Sing, 1988
The First Christmas, 1995
The Tiger of Turkestan, 2002
Cool Cat, 2009
written and illustrated in partnership with her husband, David Kherdian:
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Homage to Adana, 1971
Looking over Hills, 1972
Visions of America by the Poets of Our Time, 1973
Poems Here and Now, 1976
The Dog Writes on the Window With His Nose and Other Poems, 1977
Country, Cat, City, Cat, 1978
Pigs Never See the Stars: Proverbs from the Armenian, 1982
Right Now, 1983
The Animal, 1984
Root River Run, 1984
A Song for Uncle Harry, 1989
The Cat's Midsummer Jamboree, 1990
The Great Fishing Contest, 1991
Feathers and Tails: Animal Fables from Around the World, 1992
By Myself, 1993
Juna's Journey, 1993
Lullaby for Emily, 1995
The Golden Bracelet, 1997
Seeds of Light: Poems From a Gurdjieff Community, 2002
Come Back Moon, 2013
The Song of the Stork and Other Early and Ancient Armenian Songs, 2019
illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian:
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King of the Kerry Fair by Nicolete Meredith, 1960
Down Come the Leaves by Henrietta Bancroft, 1961
Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, 1963
Poems of Stephen Crane selected by Gerald McDonald, 1964
Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas, 1965
Arbor Day by Aileen Fisher, 1965
Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, 1965
Hand in Hand We'll Go... 10 Poems by Robert Burns, 1965
The Kitchen Knight by Barbara Schiller, 1965
Once There Was and Was Not: Armenian Tales Retold by Virginia A. Tashjian, 1966
Poems of William Shakespeare edited by Lloyd Frankenberg, 1966
A Tale of Stolen Time translated by Lila Pargment and Estelle Titiev, 1966
The White Palace by Mary Le Duc O'Neill, 1966
Bears Are Sleeping by Yulya, 1967
The Day Everybody Cried by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, 1967
The Fearsome Inn by Isaac Bashevis Singer, 1967
The Story of Prince Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf translated by Thomas P. Whitney, 1968
The Three Sparrows and Other Nursery Poems by Christian Morgenstern, 1968
In School: Learning in Four Languages by Esther Hautzig, 1969
Sir Ribbeck of Ribbeck of Havelland translated by Elizabeth Shub, 1969
The Time-Ago Tales of Jahdu by Virginia Hamilton, 1969
Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Greece by by Virginia Haviland, 1970
Vasilisa the Beautiful translated by Thomas P. Whitney, 1970
About Wise Men and Simpletons: Twelve Tales from Grimm translated by Elizabeth Shub, 1971
Paz by Cheli Duran Ryan, 1971
Three Apples Fell From Heaven: Armenian Tales Retold by Virginia A. Tashjian, 1971
Where Is Bernardino? by A. L. Staveley, 1982
I Am Eyes : Ni Macho by Leila Ward, 1987
The Day Boy and the Night Girl by George MacDonald, 1988
Candy Floss by Rumer Godden, 1991
The Armenian Cookbook by Rachel Hogrogian, 2014
She also wrote the preface to Lester Walker's Housebuilding for Children: Step-by-Step Plans for Houses Children Can Build Themselves.
obituaries
Nonny Hogrogian, 92, Honored Illustrator of Children’s Books, Dies
The New York Times -
Jun 4, 2024
Remembering and Celebrating Artist and Author Nonny Hogrogian (1932-2024)
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
her memoir
Finding My Name, 2004
"A memoir of her first thirteen years growing up in the Bronx, New York. It explores both her efforts to find herself as a budding artist and the joys and difficulties of growing up as an Armenian-American torn between two cultures."
her 1966 Caldecott Award acceptance speech
encyclopedia.com
her 1966 essay, "The Story Sets the Pace: An Illustrator's View of Design"
encyclopedia.com
other articles
Caldecott Winning Illustrators Series: Nonny Hogrogian
bookstellyouwhy.com
Maurice Sendak Sent Beautifully Illustrated Letters to Fans — So Beautiful a Kid Ate One
openculture.com
ideas
read Nonny Hogrogian's obituary and memoir and compare the two
read Balderdash! and learn more about the Newbery and Caldecott Medals
make recipes from Armenia
older children can read The Road From Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival and Hope by David Kherdian (about the Armenian genocide)
have the children do outdoor storytelling inspired by Suzanne Down's Nov 2025 puppetry workshop "Creating Healing Shelter Puppet Stories in Nature"
look at several books illustrated with woodcuts, then make our own relief blocks by carving Ivory soap and inking and stamping our designs
read Ann Durell's essay from Mar 15, 1966 (Library Journal 91, no. 6)
pass out books and have children try to identify what art material(s) Hogrogian used to illustrate them
read Down Come the Leaves and interpret it by doing Layered Seed Stitch
find examples of books (or poems, which may be easier) that have been interpreted and illustrated in different ways by different artists
- The Baby Beebee Bird was written and illustrated by Diane Redfield Massie in 1963; it was later reillustrated by Steven Kellogg
give a child a "manuscript" to illustrate using whatever style they feel is appropriate to the story
read Handmade Secret Hiding Places and build a cozy fort on Pajama Day!
Still waiting for a lot of these books to arrive from the library, so I will write up my ideas as I read and am inspired by her work. Looking forward to this!
week of November 3:
Mon
- introduce Nonny Hogrogian
because we have so many of her books, I decided to read one each day at snacktime and tie it in with our academic work wherever I can
read The Hermit and Harry and Me
Philosophy discussion (Responsibility, session 1)
Tue
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find Armenia in our Children's Atlas of the World
read The Contest: An Armenian Folktale
SWI lesson (make, made, making)
Wed
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read "Pig and Bear" and "The Camel and the Mouse"
from Feathers and Tails: Animal Fables from Around the World
Thu
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read Carrot Cake
Philosophy discussion (Responsibility, session 2)
week of November 10:
Mon
- read Sir Ribbeck of Ribbeck of Havelland
Spelling pretest (is, are, was, were)
- Sir Ribbeck's son is very selfish and greedy.
The pears are juicy and delicous.
The old man was very clever.
The children were happy to have the pears once more.
Tue
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< obituary >
pass out recent issues of the local paper and find the obituary section
read New York Times obituary from June 4, 2024
Nonny Hogrogian, 92, Honored Illustrator of Children’s Books, Dies
begin King of the Kerry Fair by Nicolete Meredith (the first book Nonny Hogrogian illustrated) as our lunchtime read aloud story
Wed
- read Hand in Hand We'll Go... 10 Poems by Robert Burns
tie in the last stanza of To a Mouse with our SWI lesson (are, were)
note that all of this week's books are illustrated with woodcuts
make our own relief blocks by carving into bars of Ivory soap
Thu
- read "Sandy MacNeil and His Dog"
from Gaelic Ghosts
test our soap carvings by inking them with stamp pads
(this did not work, which was disappointing because they were very excited about this idea! if I did this again I would use potatoes)
all the books I've found that Nonny Hogrogian illustrated with woodcuts:
King of the Kerry Fair by Nicolete Meredith, 1960
Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, 1963
Arbor Day by Aileen Fisher, 1965
Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, 1965
Hand in Hand We'll Go... 10 Poems by Robert Burns, 1965
Sir Ribbeck of Ribbeck of Havelland translated by Elizabeth Shub, 1969
week of November 17:
Mon
- read Cinderella retold from the Brothers Grimm
read pairs of other retellings and do Venn diagrams comparing them
Tue
- read The Glass Mountain retold from the Brothers Grimm
begin to read excerpts from Finding My Name (Nonny Hogrogian's memoir of her childhood) as our lunchtime read aloud story
Wed
- read
"The Water of Life"
from About Wise Men and Simpletons: Twelve Tales from Grimm
Thu
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read Handmade Secret Hiding Places and build cozy indoor forts on Pajama Day!
week of December 1:
Mon
- read Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books by Michelle Markel
discuss the Newbery and Caldecott medals
Tue
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read Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas
go outside into the snowy weather and tell shelter stories (inspired by notes from the Nov 2025 puppetry workshop with Suzanne Down)
Wed
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read 1966 essay by Ann Durrell
look at some of the books mentioned in the essay
Gaelic Ghosts by Sorche Nic Leodhas, 1963
Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas, 1965
Hand in Hand We'll Go... 10 Poems by Robert Burns, 1965
Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas, 1965
pass out an assortment of randomly chosen titles and have children try to identify what art material(s) she used to illustrate each book
Thu
- read One Fine Day
Note: This link is driving me nuts because I can't find out any more about it. It says, "Nonny Hogrogian, Reading Pictures Exploring Illustrations with Children" but my assumption is that it is actually "Reading Pictures: Exploring Illustrations with Children" by Nonny Hogrogian. Is it an article?
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ASIN : 0931205298
Publisher : Jenson
Language : English
Print length : 32 pages
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