Under appreciated Genius of Inga Moore

Inga Moore (1945 - ) is a children's book author & illustrator in the tradition of Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit) & Jill Barklem (Brambly Hedge). Even though she illustrated an early edition of "Anne of Green Gables", due to the small format of the edition, her illustrations did not get full credit. 

However with the publication of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows", the large page size allowed effective integration of text with more than 100 mind-blowing illustrations of Ms.Moore. Though Arthur Rackham & E.H.Shepard among others had illustrated this book, Inga Moore's  impressionist style illustrations took the book to a stunning level. It sold more than a million copies.

Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden'', received similar lavish treatment of illustrations, though a tad less effective than the "Wind" because of poorer layout.

However "The House in the Woods" & "Moose's Book Bus", both written & illustrated by Moore, have really large page sizes, bringing out the full beauty of her art. The minimal text depicting idyllic woods with lovable animals make up an utopian dream world.

However it is incomprehensible that she has not been awarded the prestigious Newbery or Caldecott medals for children's books & illustrators nor mentioned in either "The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature" or "The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books."