Oliver Herford

The Peter Pan Alphabet Oliver Herford

The Peter Pan Alphabet is an A-B-C book by Oliver Herford. It was published by Charles Scriber's Sons in New York in 1907, taking advantage of the popularity of the play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. It followed the pattern of a page of verse referring to items starting with each letter, accompanied by an illustration on the opposite page. For example, A is for actress (Maude) Adams, B is for Boys, C is for Crocodile, etc. Oliver Herford (1863-1935) was a British-born American writer, artist and illustrator who has been called "The American Oscar Wilde." His family immigrated to Chicago, Illinois when he was twelve, then moved on to Boston seven years later. After schooling back in England and in Ohio, he settled in New York City with his wife Margaret Regan, where he became the writer, illustrator, and poet.