Robert McCloskey

Robert McCloskey (September 14 1914 - June 30, 2003) was an American author and illustrator of children's books. His most famous was Make Way for Ducklings, the 1942 Caldecott Medal winner.

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September 14 - 1914 - June 30 - 2003 - American - Children's book - Make Way for Ducklings - Caldecott Medal

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The 1941 book tells of a mallard family that comes to live in a pond in the Public Garden in the center of Boston, Massachusetts, and how a friendly policeman stops traffic when the mother takes her eights ducklings across the street.

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1941 - Mallard - Public Garden - Boston, Massachusetts

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The story has become an institution in Boston. In 1987, sculptor Nancy Schon created a bronze version of Mrs. Mallard and the ducklings in the Public Garden, which are climbed on by thousands of children every year. The park is also the site of an annual "Make Way for Ducklings" parade on Mother's Day, featuring hundreds of children dressed in the costumes of their favorite characters.

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1987 - Mother's Day

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McCloskey wrote a series of books set on the Maine Coast, including Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine,

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Blueberries for Sal - One Morning in Maine

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Burt Dow, Deep Water-man and Time of Wonder, which won the 1958 Caldecott Medal.

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Burt Dow, Deep Water-man - Time of Wonder - Caldecott Medal

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McCloskey is also the author and illustrator of the Homer Price stories, featuring a boy in a small Midwestern city whose curiosity and ingenuity leads him to foil bank robbers, find the world's largest weed, and repair a doughnut machine so well that it can't be shut off.

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