Illustrator extraordinaire Marc Simont died July 13, 2013, in Cornwall, Connecticut, at ninety-seven.
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Simont's spare, lovely cover for the March/April 2004
Horn Book Magazine.
Illustrator extraordinaire Marc Simont died July 13, 2013, in Cornwall, Connecticut, at ninety-seven. Three of his picture books received Caldecott recognition — the 1957 Medal for
A Tree Is Nice (text by Janice May Udry); 1950 and 2002 Honors for
The Happy Day (text by Ruth Krauss) and
The Stray Dog — while many other books (he illustrated nearly one hundred) have achieved classic status, including Karla Kuskin’s
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed and James Thurber’s
The 13 Clocks.
We remember the illustration great with articles from our archives:
Simont's wise, funny 1957 Caldecott acceptance speechProfile by author Elisabeth LansingA peek into Simont's creative process, written by Leonard MarcusSimont's anecdote about his friend and fellow Caldecott Medalist Robert McCloskeySimont's "Artist's Choice" comment on A Bell for UrsliReviews of select books by Marc Simont
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