This author/illustrator has won Caldecott medals for his illustrations and Newbery honors for his writing. Born in the Bronx in 1907, he helped support his family during the Depression by selling cartoons to the New Yorker and other magazines. He was in his 60's when he started writing children's books featuring animal characters, such as a mouse dentist. One book was banned in places because the police were pictured as pigs. This is William Steig, author of Dr. De Soto and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 21, 2023
This environmentally conscious singer/songwriter, born in Egypt, turned his lyrics into children's books. Not great literature, perhaps, but kids who knew the songs could follow along eagerly and enjoy the printed words. His titles include One Light, One Sun and Down By The Bay. This is Raffi Cavoukian, whose family moved to Canada when he was 10.
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 14, 2023
This Irish-born author of over 250 books feels a bit like a Shanachie, a traditional Irish storyteller. Her book The Valentine Bears (1985), about a bear couple who wake from hibernation to celebrate Valentines Day, is illustrated by Jan Brett. Her story Fly Away Home (1991) is about a homeless father and son living in an airport, and her The Wall (1992) is about searching for a grandfather's name on the Vietnam memorial. The Cart That Carried Martin (2013, illustrated by Black artist Don Tate, tells about two mules and a borrowed cart that carried Martin Luther King's casket. This is Eve Bunting.
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Tuesday Kidlit Trivia for February 7, 2023
Growing up as an "Army Brat," this Black author/illustrator was always the new kid at school and made friends by drawing pictures for her classmates. Her own books, Jimmy Lee Dit It in 1985 and C.L.O.U.D.S. in 1986, deal with imagination and fantasy, but she also illustrated books with more difficult themes, such as Chilly Stomach in 1986, about child molestation, and Willie's Not the Hugging Kind in 1989. Her own books, Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon (1991) and Harvey Moon, Museum Boy (2008) feature a young Black character. She was born in 1950 and is still writing and illustrating today. This is Pat Cummings.
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