Robert McCloskey (1914–2003)
Autor von Make Way for Ducklings
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Robert McCloskey was born in Hamilton, Ohio on September 14, 1914. In 1932, he won a scholarship to the Vesper George Art School in Boston. Two years later he was commissioned to execute bas-reliefs for the municipal building in his hometown. Then he moved to New York to study at the National mehr anzeigen Academy of Design. He painted for two summers on Cape Cod, but only sold a few water colors during that time. After meeting with a children's book editor, he moved back Ohio and began to draw and paint the things around him in everyday life. The result was Lentil, the story of a boy and his harmonica in a typical Midwestern town. He returned to New York, where Viking Press acquired the book. He then got a job in Boston, assisting Francis Scott Bradford in making an enormous mural of famous people of Beacon Hill. It was there that he got the idea for Make Way for Ducklings, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1942. During World War II, he was a sergeant in the Army. Stationed in Alabama, he was assigned to draw training pictures. After the war, he continued to write and illustrate children's books including Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man. Time of Wonder was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1958, making McCloskey the first artist to receive this honor twice. In 1974, he was awarded the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association for continued distinguished contribution to children's literature. He died on June 30, 2003 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud (1998) — Autor — 1,612 Exemplare, 14 Rezensionen
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 05: In Your Own Backyard (1962) — Mitwirkender — 173 Exemplare
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom...and Lots More Learning Fun [1999 film] (2001) — Author & Illustrator — 29 Exemplare, 2 Rezensionen
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- McCloskey, Robert
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- McCloskey, John Robert
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- 1914-09-14
- Todestag
- 2003-06-30
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- USA
- Geburtsort
- Hamilton, Ohio, USA
- Sterbeort
- Deer Isle, Maine, USA
- Wohnorte
- Scott Island, Maine, USA
Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
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- Vesper George Art School
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- children's book author
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- Sawyer, Ruth (mother-in-law)
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- United States Army (WWII)
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- Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award (2011)
Regina Medal (1974)
Caldecott Medal (1942, 1958)
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The set-up here really doesn’t hold up. The Mallards reject the river because it has too many turtles (a real threat to eggs and small ducklings), then reject the Commons because there are too many bikes (maybe a threat to ducklings, but not a threat to eggs and much less of a threat than cars), then go back to the river to lay eggs, then walk the ducklings through traffic to the Commons (just because Mr. Mallard will meet them there, not for any particular reason). Mallards are known for their poor choice of nesting places, and for walking their ducklings through traffic to get to the water, but trying to insert anthropomorphic logic doesn’t work, and they already lived in the river!
But….it’s just so cute! You can’t help but love the beautiful brown line drawings and the ducklings’ silly names. I hadn’t seen this book in 30 years but every page has been etched in my brain the whole time, and I think of it every time I see a mother duck and ducklings walking down an urban street (which is fairly often, another reason why this book just works.)… (mehr)