2. Feodor Rojankovsky? Detail from rear cover of Ruda, Je fais mes jouets avec des plantes [I Make My Toys with Plants]. Paris: Flammarion, 1934.
2a. Title page vignette from Lalouve (i.e. Kate Lalouve Wolff), Le beau jeu des vitraux [The Great Game of Stained Glass Windows]. Paris: Flammarion, 1934.
The beaver, traditionally associated with industry and construction, was chosen as the series mascot. Over the years, the Père Castor books featured a variety of logos with "Father Beaver" in different guises. In 1994 the beaver put on tweeds to star as a single father in the French animated television series "Les histoires du Père Castor."