Robert McCloskey
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John Robert McCloskey (September 15, 1914 – June 30, 2003) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He wrote and also illustrated nine picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated picture book. Four of the nine books were set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man; the last three were all set on the coast. His best-known work is Make Way For Ducklings, set in Boston. In longer works, he both wrote and illustrated Homer Price and he illustrated Keith Robertson's Henry Reed series.
Books
Lentil
Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio
Homer Price
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.
Journey Cake Ho
Right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot. He was halfway down and more when the straps on his sacking bag broke loose. Out bounced the journey cake. It bumped and it bumped; it rolled over and over. Down the road it went, and how it hollered! "Journey cake, ho! Journey cake, hi! Catch me and eat me as I roll by!" Away and away rolled the journey cake. Away and away ran Johnny.
Time of Wonder
Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.
One Morning in Maine
It's a big day for a little girl when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery store on the mainland.
Make Way for Ducklings
First published in 1941, the book tells the story of a pair of mallard ducks who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, a park in the center of Boston, Massachusetts.
Blueberries For Sal
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A Robert McCloskey Collection
Make way for ducklings: Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring -- Lentil: Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio -- One morning in Maine: It's a big day for a little girl when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery on the mainland.
The Book of Children's Classics
Corduroy / from Corduroy by Don Freeman -- Ferdinand / from The story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, ill. by Robert Lawson -- Pig Pig / from Pig Pig gets a job by David McPhail -- Madeline / from Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans -- Miss Ruphius / from Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney -- Peter Rabbit / from The tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter -- Winnie-the-Pooh / from Winnie-the-Pooh and Now we are six by A.A. Milne -- Fudge / from Tales of a fourth grade nothing by Judy Blume -- Homer Price / from Homer Price by Robert McCloskey -- Sam Gribley / from My side of the mountains by Jean Craighead George -- Pippi Longstocking / from Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren, ill. by Michael Chesworth -- Encyclopedia Brown / from Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the secret pitch by Donald J. Sobol, ill. by Leonard Shortall -- Matilda / from Matilda by Roald Dahl, ill. by Quentin Blake -- Sebastian / from The marvelous misadventures on Sebastian by Lloyd Alexander.
Burt Dow, deep-water man
Burt goes fishing, takes refuge from a storm in a whale's stomach, and decorates a whole school of whales' tails with striped band-aids.
Centerburg tales
Further adventures of Homer Price, including those in which a juke box sets the whole town singing against its will and in which a mad scientist develops weeds that overrun the town.