Charles Geer

Charles Hand Geer (August 25, 1922 – December 7, 2008) was an American illustrator of children's books, two of which he wrote. He also designed numerous book jackets.

Geer grew up on Long Island, New York, attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, and then served in the United States Navy during World War II. Following the war he attended art school at the Pratt Institute.

Many of the buildings in his illustrations feature Second Empire architecture, with their characteristic mansard roofs.

Geer lived until his death in 2008 in Rockland, Maine, where he enjoyed sailing and painting watercolors. Over the years he built several boats.

Selected works

As illustrator

Game of Statues by Anne Stevenson
Schoolboy Johnson by John R. Tunis^[1]
Mystery at Redtop Hill, by Marjory Schwalje, 1965
The Mad Scientists' Club, by Bertrand R. Brinley
The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club, by Bertrand R. Brinley
The Big Kerplop, by Bertrand R. Brinley
The Big Chunk of Ice, by Bertrand R. Brinley
The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald, by Clifford B. Hicks
Miss Pickerell on the Moon, by Dora F. Pantell
Miss Pickerell and the Weather Satellite, by Dora F. Pantell
Miss Pickerell and the Blue Whales, by Dora F. Pantell
Miss Pickerell and the War of the Computers, by Dora F. Pantell
Miss Pickerell and the Lost World, by Dora F. Pantell
Wild Geese Flying, by Cornelia Meigs
That Summer With Lexy!, by Audrey McKim
McNulty's Holiday, by Rutherford Montgomery
Sauncey and Mr. King's Gallery, by Clara Ann Simmons
The Biggest (and Best) Flag That Ever Flew, by Rebecca C. Jones, 1988
The Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower, by Arthur J. Beckhard, 1956^[2]
Katie Kittenheart by Miriam E. Mason. Macmillan, 1957.^[3]
Lost in the Barrens by Farley Mowat
Sandro's Battle, by David Scott Daniell, 1962 (jacket only)
The Pipe Organ in the Parlour, by Lilla Stirling, 1960
Secret Under Antarctica, by Gordon R. Dickson
The Secret Raft, by Hazel Krantz
Plain Girl, by Virginia Sorensen
Gretchen of Grand Pré, by Lilla Stirling
"The Lonely Mound," by William Campbell Gault (cover illustrator)

As author

Dexter and the Deer Lake Mystery (1965)
Soot Devil (1971)
The Pipe Organ in the Parlour (also by Lilla Stirling, 1960)

References

^ Schoolboy Johnson by John R. Tunis
^ "Political: Books 1930–1959". Americana Resources (amres.com). September 28, 2007. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2015-12-13. See Catalog number B0021.
^ "Book Review: Katie Kittenheart". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2023-03-15.