Who illustrated the character that Virginia Karns  portrayed in "Babes in Toyland"?
Virginia Karns Virginia Karns (May 30, 1907 – June 21, 1990) was a singer and character actor at the Hal Roach Studios in the early 1930s. Fans probably remember her best from the opening scene of the Laurel and Hardy musical comedy "Babes in Toyland" (1934), in which she portrayed Mother Goose.
David Shannon David Shannon (born October 5, 1959) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Shannon grew up in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design and now lives in Los Angeles. In 1998 he won the Caldecott Honor for his "No, David!". He has also written "A Bad Case of Stripes", "How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball", and "The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza". Shannon illustrated Audrey Wood's "The Bunyans", Rafe Martin's "The Rough Face Girl", various books by Jane Yolen, including "The Ballad of the Pirate Queens" and "Encounter," as well as Melinda Long's "How I Became a Pirate" and "Pirates Don't Change Diapers".