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	Robert McCloskey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert McCloskey (September 14, 1914 - June 30, 2003) was an American author and illustrator of children's books.
		McCloskey wrote a series of books set on the Maine Coast, including Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Burt Dow, Deep Water-man and Time of Wonder, which won the 1958 Caldecott Medal.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_McCloskey (339 words)

	The Scoop - Robert McCloskey biographical sketch
		McCloskey has pictured his own daughter in Sal, and his late wife, Peggy, is the mother in the story.
		McCloskey's first picture book in full color shows the timeless, ever-changing beauty of the Maine island that is home.
		Robert McCloskey has received many other honors during his career, including an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, in 1964, and a Doctor of Letters from Mount Holyoke College in 1967.
	friend.ly.net /users/jorban/biographies/mccloskeyrobert (922 words)

	Robert McCloskey -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Robert McCloskey (1915 - June 30, 2003) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American author and illustrator of (Click link for more info and facts about children's book) children's books.
		The park is also the site of an annual "Make Way for Ducklings" parade on (Click link for more info and facts about Mother's Day) Mother's Day, featuring hundreds of children dressed in the costumes of their favorite characters.
		They had two daughters and settled in (The largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center) New York City, spending summers on Scott Island, Maine, the setting for another well-known book, Blueberries for Sal.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_mccloskey1.htm (279 words)

	Time of Wonder (Picture Puffin): Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		Robert McCloskey's "Time of Wonder" is just that--an examination of a wondrous summer spent in Maine.
		McCloskey's book was first published in 1957, and the illustrations show this--no life vests in a lot of the boating pictures, children swimming without being watched over by a lifeguard or adult, and so on.
		Robert McCloskey's Time of Wonder was one of my favorite books as a child; I loved the way the girls in the story would go from place to place on their summer island and take in all of the impressions.
	www.ferretexpert.info /stuff-0140502017.html (2336 words)

	Ohio Reading Road Trip \| Robert McCloskey Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Robert McCloskey used to describe his writing career as "sort of an accident." The two-time winner of the Caldecott Medal (for distinguished children's literature) never intended to have stories accompany his pictures: They just happened on their own.
		McCloskey's sixth book, Time of Wonder, won the 1958 Caldecott Medal, and he became the first author to win two of the awards.
		Robert McCloskey died on June 30, 2003, in Deer Isle, Maine.
	www.ohioreadingroadtrip.org /mccloskey (891 words)

	Valley News Web Story Layout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Robert McCloskey, who died Monday at age 88, had many interests, from oboes and harmonicas to tinkering with motors to -- ultimately -- the picture books that endeared him to young readers.
		A native of Hamilton, Ohio, McCloskey wrote children's books that focused on small-town life and his family's island in Maine as well as Boston, the setting for the story of eight ducklings that made their home in the city’s Public Garden.
		As a child, McCloskey said, his parents encouraged him to develop his skills as a musician and he played the piano, drums, oboe and harmonica.
	www.vnews.com /07042003/1184700.htm (718 words)

	Encyclopedia: Robert McCloskey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Make Way for Ducklings is a picture book for children, published in 1941 by American author Robert McCloskey.
		The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year.
		Homer Price is the title character of a pair of childrens books written by Robert McCloskey in the early 1940s.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Robert-McCloskey (820 words)

	Robert McCloskey, 88, of 'Make Way for Ducklings,' Dies
		McCloskey wrote and illustrated only eight books, all for Viking Children's Books, and illustrated 10 by other authors, including Ruth Sawyer, whose daughter, Margaret Durand, a children's librarian, he married in 1940.
		McCloskey, a shy man who endured the adoring crowds of readers lined up at bookstore signings, won a Prix de Rome in 1939 but Word War II postponed his study abroad for 10 years.
		McCloskey was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress, which made some 80 such awards in April 2000 to leading figures in various fields.
	www.nytimes.com /2003/07/01/arts/01MCCL.html?ei=5007&en=0ac94ced046cbf12&ex=1372564800&adxnnl=6&partner=USERLAND&adxnnlx=1099308288-TQptKt2XMfn62KkwvSVODw (1057 words)

	Robert McCloskey Dies at 88 - 8/1/2003 - School Library Journal - CA312545
		Robert McCloskey, an author and illustrator who created relatively few books but made a huge and lasting impression on children's literature, died July 2 in Deer Isle, ME, after a long illness.
		McCloskey, born in Hamilton, OH, in 1914, won the Caldecott Medal twice—in 1942 for Make Way for Ducklings and in 1958 for Time of Wonder (both Viking).
		McCloskey bought four live mallards and kept them in the apartment's bathtub, asking Simont to hold the squawking ducks in various positions as he drew them.
	www.schoollibraryjournal.com /article/CA312545.html (293 words)

	Robert McCloskey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A native Midwesterner renowned for his portrayals of New England, Robert McCloskey died on June 30, 2003, in Deer Isle, Maine, at the age of eighty-eight.
		Robert McCloskey’s unusual and stunning pictures will long be a delight for their fun as well as their spirit of peace.
		Because of Robert McCloskey’s insistence on the integrity of the book, the experience of sharing his masterpiece — unsullied by Saturday morning cartoon characters, cheap imitations, or further duckling sequels — has remained the same pristine and beautiful experience for fifty years.
	www.hbook.com /news/obituaries/mccloskey.asp (1766 words)

	Farewell Robert McCloskey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Robert McCloskey died last week at the age of 88, and children's literature lost one of its most beloved figures.
		McCloskey's home in Maine is the setting for Blueberries for Sal.
		McCloskey's illustrations are as engaging as his story.
	www.answerpoint.org /columns2.asp?column_id=800&column_type=CarolineParr (620 words)

	[Deathwatch] Robert McCloskey, children's author, 88
		McCloskey died Monday at a home on Deer Isle after a long illness, said Katrina Weidknecht, director of publicity at Penguin Books for Young Readers.
		McCloskey, a native of Hamilton, Ohio, had come to Boston in 1932 to study art when he watched some ducklings waddling through traffic.
		McCloskey and his wife, Margaret, the daughter of children's author Ruth Sawyer Durand, and their daughters, Sally and Jane, spent summers on Scott Island in Maine, leading to "Blueberries for Sal" (1948), "One Morning in Maine" (1952), and "Time of Wonder" (1957), for which he won a second Caldecott Medal.
	slick.org /pipermail/deathwatch/2003-July/000435.html (592 words)

	Alibris: McCloskey
		The biography of a golden boy of conservative economics, a child of privilege--who became a woman--"Crossing" is the start of an engrossing, terrifying, and uplifting script as well as an amazing story, beautifully told.
		Deirdre McCloskey's work in economics always calls into question its reputation as "the dismal science." She writes with passion and an unusually wide scope, drawing on literature and intellectual history in exciting, if unorthodox, ways.
		In this pamphlet, McCloskey reveals what she sees as the secret sins of economics that no one will discuss--two...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/McCloskey (1078 words)

	Ohio Roundtable: The Public Square - Robert McCloskey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was one of the favorite books she had from her childhood and interestingly enough it was written by Robert McCloskey as well.
		It really chronicles McCloskey's life in Maine and the beautiful life he lived among all those blueberry bushes with his kids.
		McCloskey was born a "Buckeye," actually near Hamilton, Ohio.
	www.ohioroundtable.org /cfdocs/shows.cfm?showcode=1616&frommonthly=YES (336 words)

	Robert McCloskey Profile - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		McCloskey has served as a director for the Company since September 2002.
		McCloskey has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Video One Canada Limited since 1987.
		McCloskey spent 15 years in the packaged goods industry in various domestic and international assignments with Pepsico and Nabisco.
	www.forbes.com /finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=429311 (320 words)

	A ROBERT MCCLOSKEY COLLECTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Robert McCloskey's books were on the top of both our lists.
		While "missing tooth" stories generally involve the tooth fairy and all the trimmings, this gentle story is missing both the fairy — and the tooth.
		A little girl (actually McCloskey's daughter, Sal) loses her tooth in the mud and never does find it.
	www.chinaberry.com /showbook.cfm?invnum=8906 (364 words)

	The Days & Nights of the Lipstick Librarian!: Make Way for Robert McCloskey....
		Robert McCloskey, author of Make Way for Ducklings died Monday at age 88.
		One of my fondest memories is sitting in my elementary school library at Yokota Air Force Base, Japan reading Homer Price and marvelling over his spelling of the word "doughnut".
		To this day, every time I drive past a Dunkin' Donuts, I think of Robert McCloskey's spelling, go in, cry, and buy a dozen old-fashions with chocolate icing.
	www.lipsticklibrarian.com /blog/archives/000008.html (216 words)

	Robert McCloskey
		"Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey is a charming classic children's book and one of the best picture books ever written.
		Mallard and her ducklings walk across town to Boston Public Garden with the help of a local policeman.
		Robert McCloskey's illustrations are detailed, realistic and expressive.
	www.agatebooks.com /children-authors/robert-mccloskey (181 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Make Way for McCloskey: A Robert McCloskey Treasury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With biographical information and photographs, and an introduction by renowned critic Leonard Marcus that outlines McCloskey's career and his unforgettable contribution to children's literature, this collection is an in-depth look at the life and work of an extraordinary children's book legend.
		Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) won the Caldecott Medal twice for his picture books Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder and he received Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho!, by Ruth Sawyer.
		This book is printed on beautiful coffee-table/art book quality pages with a wonderful introduction, a great epilogue about the life of Robert McCloskey, real photos, as well as early sketches that would later influence his stories.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/067005934X?v=glance (1067 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Time of Wonder with Book(s) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cherished for his picture books, Blueberries for Sal and Make Way for Ducklings, McCloskey often wrote about the coast of Maine and the wonders of its shore and islands.
		McCloskey brings to life the spell of rain, gulls, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane, and the peace of a Maine island as a family packs up to leave.
		The book Time of Wonder is a children's book written and illustrated by Robert McClosky.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1883332176 (1744 words)

	Robert McCloskey interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There were sure to be foxes in the woods or turtles in the water, and she was not going to raise a family where there might be foxes or turtles.
		I had had Lentil accepted — my first book — by this time of course, with Lentil, and my mind was working not only in murals and sculpture (which I’d been interested in in the past), I had children’s books in the back of my mind, too.
		That was Robert McCLoskey, author of Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Homer Price, and Time of Wonder.
	www.hbook.com /exhibit/mccloskeyradio.html (716 words)

	Montgomery County Maryland Bar Association; Robert L. McCloskey
		It has been reported that five of our colleagues have departed, all of them having contributed much to the Bar and to everyone who they came in contact with throughout their lives, and I would first like to present Mr.
		We mourn their decease, but the Memorials will be placed among the permanent records of this Court, so that they may be viewed at any time by the public.
		In behalf of the members of this Bench I wish to express the sympathy of all the judges of this Circuit Court on the demise of our brother officer, Robert McCloskey.
	www.montbar.org /archives/deceased/mccloskey_r.htm (882 words)

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		Quick facts (Styles, locations, mediums, teachers, subjects, geography, etc.) (Robert McCloskey)
		A writer and illustrator, Robert McCloskey was known for children's books, especially "Make Way for Ducklings" and "Blueberries for Sal".
		He wrote and illustrated only eight books, but their reputation was strong enough that his national reputation was insured.
	www.askart.com /artist/M/robert_mccloskey.asp?ID=24313 (220 words)

	Robert McCloskey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Robert McCloskey's books were written in the 1940's and 50's.
		Another set just like it was given to the children in Russia as a gift of friendship.
		McCloskey and his family often spent summers on a small island off the coast of Maine.
	coe.west.asu.edu /students/dcorley/authors/McClos.htm (146 words)

	Find in a Library: Robert McCloskey
		Subjects: McCloskey, Robert, -- 1914- -- Juvenile literature.
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/597999b5d9be61c3a19afeb4da09e526.html (57 words)

	AuthorStore - Blueberries for Sal (Picture Puffins) by Robert McCloskey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk go the blueberries into the pail of a little girl named Sal who--try as she might--just can't seem to pick as fast as she eats.
		Robert McCloskey's classic is a magical tale of the irrepressible curiosity--not to mention appetite--of youth.
		Sal and her mother set off in search of blueberries for the winter at the same time as a mother bear and her cub.
	www.authorstore.com /books/b/blueberries_for_sal/014050169X.html (209 words)

	Ohio Reading Road Trip \| Robert McCloskey Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Horn Book also has an obituary and tribute page for McCloskey.
		Ohio Authors and Illustrators for Young People by the Upper Arlington City School District features a list of McCloskey's work.
		The Scoop - Children's Book News has a biography of Robert McCloskey in which he describes various events in his life.
	www.ohioreadingroadtrip.org /mccloskey/links.html (90 words)

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