Ram-for-inkus

Creator

Ings, Marvel Y.

Date

• 1940-1943

Summary

• Hand-drawn and colored children's book that follows the story of Ram-for-inkus, a pterodactyl, and his efforts to learn to fly.
• Children's story about Ram-for-inkus, a soaring tree lizard (Rhamphorhynchus) who longs to fly. Written, illustrated, and hand crafted by Marvel Ings, the first woman curator of the Geology Museum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Text is typescript with pencil corrections, and illustrations are watercolors and pencil drawings; all are taped into a pre-existing book.