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Robert McCloskey

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Children's book author and illustrator from the United States (1914-2003)

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John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated picture book.

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2000Library of Congress Living Legend
1974Regina Medal
1958Caldecott Medal
1954Caldecott Medal
1953Caldecott Medal
1949Caldecott Medal
1942Caldecott Medal

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John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated picture book. Four of the eight books were set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man. His best-known work is Make Way For Ducklings, set in Boston. In longer works, he both wrote and illustrated Homer Price and he illustrated Keith Robertson's Henry Reed series.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1914 to 2003 · aged 88
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