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John Robert McCloskey is an American writer and children's book illustrator. He wrote and illustrated nine picture books and won two American Library Association Caldecott Medals for Best Picture Book of the Year. Four of the nine books are set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man; The last three were all located on the shore. His most famous work is Make Way For Ducklings, which takes place in Boston. In his longer works, he both wrote and illustrated Homer Price and he illustrated Keith Robertson's Henry Reed series.
BornJohn Robert McCloskey, September 14, 1914, Hamilton, Ohio
DiedJune 30, 2003, Deer Isle, Maine, USA
OccupationWriter, illustrator
NationalityAmerican
Alma materVesper George Art School
Period1940–1970
GenreChildren's picture books
Notable worksMake Way for Ducklings
Notable awardsCaldecott Medal, 1942, 1957
SpouseMargaret Durand
ChildrenSally, Jane
RelativesRuth Sawyer (mother-in-law) Melba McCloskey (sister) Dorothy McCloskey (sister) Howard McCloskey (father) Mable McCloskey (mother)

About Robert McCloskey

Children's Author Robert McCloskey was born in Ohio, United States on September 15, 1914. He dies at the age of 88, on June 30, 2003.

This acclaimed writer and illustrator won the prestigious Caldecott Medal in both 1942 and 1957 for such popular children's books as Make Way For Ducklings, Time of Wonder, and Blueberries for Sal.

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Robert McCloskey before becoming famous

Robert McCloskey was born in the Zodiac sign Virgo (The Maiden), and 1914 is also the year of Tiger (兎) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He studied at the Vesper George Art School in Boston and the National Academy of Design in New York before writing and illustrating his debut children's book, Lentil.

Achievement of Robert McCloskey

Russian translations of his Homer Price children's novels were extremely successful among Soviet readers in the 1970s.

Robert McCloskey's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born and raised in Hamilton, Ohio, and eventually moved to Deer Isle, Maine. Jane and Sally were his daughters from his marriage to Peggy Durand.

Robert McCloskey Collabed with

On the illustrations for author Bob Davis' 1942 children's book Tree Toad: Adventures of the Kid Brother, he teamed with fellow artist Illustrator Charles Dana Gibson.

Robert McCloskey Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Robert McCloskey updated on March 16 2023.