1914-2003 · American author and illustrator of children's books, twice awarded the Caldecott Medal
About Robert McCloskey
Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) was born in Hamilton, Ohio, and studied art at the Vesper George School in Boston and the National Academy of Design in New York. His first picture book, Lentil, appeared in 1940, and Make Way for Ducklings followed in 1941. He won the Caldecott Medal twice, for Make Way for Ducklings (1942) and Time of Wonder (1958), and also wrote and illustrated Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine and the Homer Price stories. He and his wife, Peggy Durand, spent summers on an island off the coast of Maine, the setting of several of his books. The Library of Congress named him a Living Legend in 2000.
“Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were looking for a place to live. But every time Mr. Mallard saw what looked like a nice place, Mrs. Mallard said it was no good.”
Make Way for Ducklings is a picture book about a pair of mallards who raise their family in the middle of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are looking for a place to live, but Mrs. Mallard rejects every spot Mr. Mallard likes, because there might be foxes in the woods or turtles in the water.
Homer Price is a book of six connected comic stories about a resourceful Ohio boy and the small town of Centerburg. Homer lives two miles outside town at a tourist camp, where his father runs the filling station and his mother looks after the cabins and cooks in the lunch room.