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Summary: "A celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. The story of The Snowy Day begins more than one hundred years ago, when Ezra Jack Keats was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. The family were struggling Polish immigrants, and despite Keats's obvious talent, his father worried that Ezra's dream of being an artist was an unrealistic one. But Ezra was determined. By high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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Summary: Presents an account of the early career of Ted Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, describing how he adhered to strict literary guidelines while writing "The Cat in the Hat."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SEUPascal, Janet B.
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the children's author and illustrator Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2011
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Summary: "A biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Schön, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Public Garden"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 KUNPeet, Bill.
Summary: The well-known author and illustrator relates the story of his life and work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1989
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JN Caldecott PeetRinker, Sherri Duskey
Summary: Describes the life of the children's book author and illustrator, conveying her life at Folly Cove, her love of dance, and how she was able to create images of machinery, including those used in her book, Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE Bio BurtonEngel, Dean
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Moon Press 1995
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Summary: "It seems entirely fitting that Maurice Sendak was born on the same day that Mickey Mouse first made his cartoon debut--June 10, 1928. Sendak was crazy about cartoons and comic books, and at twelve, after seeing Disney's Fantasia, he decided that he was going to become an illustrator. His love of childrens books began early: often sick and confined to bed, little Maurice read and read and read....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013