Illustrator

Alois Carigiet illustrated and wrote several award-winning children’s books, some authored by writer Selina Choenz. These books have been translated in many languages. In 1966, Carigiet won the first Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustrators.

Here are the original German and English titles. Three of the English titles are again in print, two of which are distributed in the US.



A Bell for Ursli: A Story from the Engadine in Switzerland

Schellen-Ursli
1945New York Times’ Ten Best Children’s Books, 1950
Florina and the Wild Bird

Flurina und das Wildvglein
1952 New York Times’ Ten Best Children’s Books, 1953
The Snowstorm

Der Grosse Schnee
1953
Anton the Goatherdout of print

Zottel, Zick und Zwerg
19651966 winner of the “Swiss Youth Book” prize
The pear tree,: The birch tree, and the barberry bushout of print

Birnbaum, Birke, Berberitze
1967
Anton and Anneout of print

Maurus und Madleina
1969
"We enter again that high, cold beautiful world of the Engadine in Switzerland. Here is a hard-working small boy who wants to lead the Procession of Bells...The verses will appeal widely to the very young, for they have a clever way of pointing to what is in the pictures...welcome to Ursli!"  New York Herald Tribune

A Bell for Ursli: A Story from the Engadine in Switzerland

1945

New York Times’ Ten Best Children’s Books, 1950

Schellen-Ursli

"A companion to A BELL FOR URSLI, this exceptionally lovely Swiss picture book will bring equal joy to small children. They will love the rhyming verses, full of imagination and gaiety, and the large, richly colored pictures showing Florina against the wild beauty of the mountains." - Chicago Tribune

Florina and the Wild Bird 1952 New York Times’ Ten Best Children’s Books, 1953
Flurina und das Wildvglein

"This lovely book somehow has the old-fashioned flavor of the classic picture book....The pictures, with all their fascinating detail, tell the story of Florina, caught by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps and rescued by Ursli in time to win the prize for the best decorated sled in the children's sledding party." - Horn Book NEW: The Snowstorm 1953  
Der Grosse Schnee

Carigiet also illustrated a few other less-known books, now out of print.