John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books.
10 Facts About Robert McCloskey
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Robert McCloskey both wrote and illustrated eight picture books, and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association for the year's best-illustrated picture book.
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Robert McCloskey was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on September 15,1914 to Howard and Mabel Robert McCloskey.
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Robert McCloskey reached Boston in 1932 with a scholarship to study at Vesper George Art School.
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Twelve years later on June 30,2003, Robert McCloskey died in Deer Isle, Maine.
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Robert McCloskey won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for Make Way for Ducklings.
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Robert McCloskey won a second Caldecott Medal in 1958 for Time of Wonder.
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The US Library of Congress named Robert McCloskey a "Living Legend" in 2000.
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In Boston Public Garden a sculpture of a family of nine ducks, by the sculptor Nancy Schon, installed in 1987, commemorates Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings.
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Robert McCloskey named the boy Lentil, but in a competition among schoolchildren the dog was given the name Harmony.