Children’s Book Author McCloskey Dies

Tina Emerick writes \”Robert McCloskey has died at the age of 1988. He is the author of such works as \”Make Way for Ducklings\” and \”Homer Price.\” McCloskey died Monday at a home on Deer Isle after a long illness, said Katrina Weidknecht, director of publicity at Penguin Books for Young Readers. Here\’s The Obituary \”

Lee Hadden also adds There is an interesting article on children\’s literature and authors in
the Wall Street Journal for July 2, 2003. \”Children\’s Author Robert McCloskey
Put the Real World in His Books In the Fray.\” By AMY FINNERTY