we met with tomi ungerer to discuss the characters in his children literature, his story ideas, and the importance of phaidon publishing his work in the UK.

Drawings — Tomi Ungerer: Official Website

From the book "Cats as Cats Can" (Roberts Rinehart, 1997) Copyright Diogenes Verlag Illustration by Tomi Ungerer (b. Alsace, 1931)

Farmer's Songs by Tomi Ungerer, from The Great Song Book.

Do you like a dark and dastardly story? Want to scare your toddler? The three robbers in their large black capes will do just that, well initially at any rate. The threesome, toting a blunderbuss, a pepper-blower and a huge red axe, are out to reek havoc on their victims and to cash up as quickly as possible. One day, after much plundering, they are confronted by little orphan, Tiffany on her way to live with her wicked aunt. Now strangely enough, the villains carry her away to their cave…

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Drawings — Tomi Ungerer: Official Website

The artist’s first U.S. retrospective, “All in One,” is now at the Drawing Center. He talks to Sarah Cowan about his life and drawings.

The Hat Tomi Ungerer ~ Four Winds Press, 1970 Tomi Ungerer is a wonderful, odd duck (who tweets rather than quacks), and I think it's s...