Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Elsa Beskow (née Maartman) (February 11, 1874 - June 30, 1953) was a Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Beskow is the most well known of all Swedish children's book artists and her books are continually reprinted. Many of her books are classics. Beskow also illustrated ABC books and songbooks for Swedish schools. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.