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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books
  • First Book:
    February 1962
  • Latest Book:
    November 2023
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Book List in Order: 21 titles



  • Lobsterman tells the story of a day in the life of a lobsterman's son, working alongside his father. In acclaimed artist Dahlov Ipcar's signature style, it portrays a major lifeway of the Maine coast and is a classic staple of Maine child...







  • A quality paperback reissue of the beloved 1950s classic from the renowned American artist

    "…delivers a perfect example of Ipcar's timeless illustrations, their exquisite palette, quietly expressive figures and sublime ba...



  • Welcome to Brown Cow Farm, an old Maine farm where the animals seem to appear faster than they can be counted. In her inimitable style, Dahlov Ipcar has created this charming counting book. Entering the big brown barn on a snowy day, children and par...



  • The golden jubilee edition of a children’s classic first published in 1969.Join the farmer’s cat on his fascinating nighttime journey through fields, farms, forests, and even the city to see what only he can see after the sunsets.Legendary artist...



  • From the snowy, wintery window of her art studio, Dahlov Ipcar sees a wild and wondrous world. With vivid imagination and vibrant colors, she captures a lively part of the Christmas season at her farm in Maine. From one shining star that graces the t...



  • Hardscrabble Harvest is a charming story in verse about the running battle between a farm family and the mischievous animals that plunder their fields. Crows peck at freshly sown seeds, ducks eat new strawberry plants, rabbits nibble on tender lettuc...



  • A mother gives her little boy a handmade quilt, but it's more than just a quilt. It's a whole world where fantastical animals run, hide, swim, and frolic in a calico jungle. The boy enters this wild landscape and travels through it. He spies calico b...






  • For the first time in more than twenty years, legendary Maine artist and author Dahlov Ipcar has a new book. Dahlov Ipcar's Farmyard Alphabet is her first board book, pairing her fresh, original verses with timeless illustrations from eleven of her b...



  • Bold artwork -- with a charming retro feel.A young tiger sets out to explore and hunt, determined to catch things with stripes.  A young leopard sets out to explore and hunt, determined to catch things with spots. And when the two cubs meet, the...



  • This third board book from Maine artist Dahlov Ipcar contains an original illustration done especially for this edition, her first new children's book illustration in more than twenty years. The Maine wildlife and coastal scenes are near and dear to ...



  • Young readers can count the animals in this one to ten numbers book from artist Dahlov Ipcar. An all-new board book with charming rhymes (Five hens call their chicks to eat. “Come try the corn. It tastes so sweet!”) makes this an interactive book...



  • Take a journey to the bottom of the sea with the gentle merman farmer who tends fanciful fields of sea cucumbers and sea beans with the help of his two seahorses. He must defend his cowfish and sea hens from fierce sea lions and tiger sha...



  • When grandfather was a little boy, the world was full of horses: pulling fancy carriages, galloping in front of a stage coach and charging into battle. But to keep you from feeling sad because the world is no longer full of horses, Dahlov...



  • An alphabet book which for each letter gives an animal, reasons for hating and loving him, his name, the place he comes from, what he lives on, and what his occupation is, all beginning with the same letter....



  • In this unheralded civil rights allegory composed in the heat of the early 60s, two little dogs frolic and dream of adventures beyond their wildest imaginations, from jungles of the Congo with towering ebony elephants to the whitewashed, frigid arcti...





  • A young boy scatters golden kernels of corn to feed the birds of the barnyard, and watches in delight as the birds of the farm parade before him to get to their meal. From fat speckled hens, to drakes with black velvet heads, even his runaway white r...






  • Enjoy a whimsical day in the life of an insect family -- and learn how to identify a variety of bugs! -- with this charming picture book for ages 3-7, featuring illustrations by celebrated artist Dahlov Ipcar.   Mama is a ladybug and Papa is a d...



  • This charming ABC book from Maine artist Dahlov Ipcar contains an original illustration done especially for this edition, her first new children's book illustration in more than twenty years. The Maine wildlife and coastal scenes are near and dear to...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dahlov Ipcar has published 21 books.

Dahlov Ipcar does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dahlov Ipcar's Maine Alphabet, was published in November 2023.

The first book by Dahlov Ipcar, Lobsterman, was published in February 1962.

No. Dahlov Ipcar does not write books in series.