John Robert McCloskey (September 15, 1914 – June 30, 2003) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight picture books and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association recognizing the year's best-illustrated picture book. Four of those eight books were set in Maine: Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-water Man; the last three all on the coast. He was also the writer for Make Way For Ducklings, as well as the illustrator for The Man Who Lost His Head, by Claire Huchet Bishop.
Books:
As author and illustrator
As illustrator only
- Yankee Doodle's Cousins (1941) written by Anne Malcolmson
- Tree Toad: Adventures of the Kid Brother (1942) by Bob Davis, illus. McCloskey and Charles Dana Gibson
- Young America's English Book One (1942) by Helen Fern Daringer
- The Man Who Lost His Head (1942) by Claire Huchet Bishop
- Trigger John's Son (1949) by Tom Robinson
- Journey Cake, Ho (1953) by Ruth Sawyer, a Caldecott Honor Book
- Junket: The Dog Who Liked Everything "Just So" (1955) by Anne H. White
- Henry Reed, Inc. (1958), by Keith Robertson
- Henry Reed's Journey (1963), by Robertson
- Henry Reed's Babysitting Service (1966), by Robertson
- Henry Reed's Big Show (1970), by Robertson
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