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Born August 30, 1909 • Massachusetts
Died October 15, 1968 (aged 59) • Boston • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors Caldecott Medal (1942)
Will James
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Ruth Sawyer
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Ludwig Bemelmans
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Lynd Ward
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Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak
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Hendrik Willem Van Loon
American historian and illustrator
Elizabeth Enright
American author
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Dr. Seuss
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Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry
American author and illustrator
Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
American children’s author and illustrator
Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola
American author and illustrator
Wesley Dennis
Wesley Dennis
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Perkins, Lucy Fitch: illustration of Robin Hood
Lucy Fitch Perkins
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William Pène du Bois
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Howard Pyle
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Dan Santat
Dan Santat
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Kadir Nelson and his portrait of Henrietta Lacks
Kadir Nelson
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William Steig
William Steig
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Arthur Rackham
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Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)
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