Marc Simont
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Marc Simont | |
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| Born | November 23, 1915 picture books |
| Notable works | Nate the Great series |
| Notable awards | Caldecott Medal 1957 |
Marc Simont (November 23, 1915 – July 13, 2013) was a
Simont's first illustrated children's book was published in 1939. In 1952, Jareb, a book he illustrated alongside author Miriam Powell, won the Child Study Association of America’s Children's Book Award (now Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Josette Frank Award). He won the 1957 Caldecott Medal for U.S. children's book illustration, recognizing A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry, and he was a runner-up both in 1950 (The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss) and in 2002 (The Stray Dog retold by Simont).[2]
He also illustrated
Simont and writer Marjorie W. Sharmat created the boy detective Nate the Great in 1972, and he illustrated the first twenty cases, through 1998.
As cartoonist for the
He died at his home in West Cornwall, Connecticut on July 13, 2013 at the age of 97. He was survived by his wife Sara "Bee" Dalton.[1]
Notable works
- The Pirate of Chatham Square: A Story of Old New York (1939)
- The First Story (1947)
- Caldecott HonorBook)
- The 13 Clocks (1950)
- The Backward Day (1950)
- How to Get to First Base: A Picture Book of Baseball (1952)
- Jareb (1952, written by Miriam Powell, Child Study Association of America's Children's Book Award)
- Lovely Summer (1952)
- Mimi (1954)
- The Trail Driving Rooster (1955)
- A Tree Is Nice (1956, Caldecott Medal winner in 1957)
- The Wonderful O (1957)
- The Contest at Paca (1959)
- How Come Elephants? (1965)
- Every Time I Climb a Tree (1967)
- Nate the Great (1972)
- Nate the Great Goes Undercover (1974)
- Nate the Great and the Lost List (1975)
- The Beetle Bush (1976)
- The Contests at Cowlick (1976)
- Nate the Great and the Phony Clue (1977)
- Nate the Great and the Sticky Case (1978)
- How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World (1979)
- Nate the Great and the Missing Key (1981)
- No More Monsters for Me! (1981)
- Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail (1982)
- The Philharmonic Gets Dressed (1982)
- In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson (1984)
- Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize (1985)
- The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed (1986)
- Nate the Great Stalks Stupidweed (1986)
- Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems (1988) (Compiled by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers)
- Nate the Great Goes Down in the Dumps (1989)
- Many Moons (1990)
- Nate the Great and the Musical Note (1990)
- The Big Book for Peace (1990) (Compiled by Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs, Written by Marilyn Sachs)
- Nate the Great and the Stolen Base(1992)
- Nate the Great and the Pillowcase(1993)
- Top Secret(1995)
- My Brother, Ant (1996)
- Ant Plays Bear (1997)
- The Goose That Almost Got Cooked (1997)
- Nate the Great Saves the King of Sweden (1997)
- Nate the Great and Me: The Case of the Fleeing Fang (1998)
- Caldecott HonorBook)
- Secret Lives of Walter Mitty and of James Thurber (2006)
- The Beautiful Planet: Ours to Lose (2010)
References
- ^ a b Fox, Margalit (17 July 2013). "Marc Simont, Classic Children's Book Illustrator, Dies at 97". The New York Times.
- ^ Kylee (2013-01-10). "Caldecott Winners and Honor Books". Madison Public Library. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
External links
- Marc Simont Papers - University of Connecticut Archives and Special Collections
- Works by Marc Simont at Faded Page (Canada)
- Bio at HarperCollins
- Review of Simont's "No More Monsters for Me!" with images.
- New York Times obituary
- Publishers Weekly obituary
- LA Times obituary
- The Horn Book obituary
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