Robert McCloskey
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Robert McCloskey was an American
United States
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 author and illustrator of children's book
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

s. McCloskey wrote and illustrated eight books, two of which won the Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal
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. The award was named in honor of nineteenth-century English...

, the American Library Association's
American Library Association
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 annual award of distinction for children's book illustration.

Many of McCloskey's books were set on the Maine
Maine
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 coast, including One Morning in Maine
One Morning in Maine
One Morning in Maine is a picture book by Robert McCloskey. It was awarded the Caldecott Honor in 1953....

and Burt Dow, Deep Water-man
Burt Dow, Deep Water-man
Burt Dow, Deep Water-man was the last book written by children's author Robert McCloskey. Burt Dow is a retired fisherman living with his sister and his pet, the Giggling Gull, on the Maine coast...

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Born on September 15, 1914, in Hamilton, Ohio
Hamilton, Ohio
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, McCloskey arrived in Boston in 1932 after being awarded a scholarship to the Vesper George Art School
Vesper George Art School
The Vesper George School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, closed in 1983.For many years the school contributed to the Boston art community, training many talented artists, many of whom are still active in both commercial art and fine arts...

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