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Robert McCloskey
A Private Life in Words and Pictures
By McCloskey, Jane
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 15, 2011
One of children's literature's most enduringly beloved figures, Robert McCloskey created a classic body of work, including Make Way for Ducklings and Homer Price. Although his books concerned places and people he knew, McCloskey (1914–2003) was a very private man. His younger daughter Jane here provides a glimpse into McCloskey's life from her perspective, and although the book's title indicates her book is solely about her father, the b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onJuly 15, 2011 | LJXpress
One of children's literature's most enduringly beloved figures, Robert McCloskey created a classic body of work, including Make Way for Ducklings and Homer Price. Although his books concerned places and people he knew, McCloskey (1914–2003) was a very private man. His younger daughter Jane here provides a glimpse into McCloskey's life from her perspective, and although the book's title indicates her book is solely about her father, the b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
In the first biography of the great author/illustrator, his younger daughter reconstructs his life, her recollections nicely complemented by scores of beautifully reproduced illustrations from her father's books as well as photos and never-before-published sketches and paintings. The text is artless in the best sense: not a formal biography but a sequence of significant circumstances and events as Jane...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
