Time of wonder

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Time of wonder

Title:

Time of wonder

Author:

McCloskey, Robert, 1914-2003, author, illustrator.

Summary:

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

Audience:

940L Lexile

General Note:

"First published in the United States of America by The Viking Press, 1957."

John Robert McCloskey (September 14, 1914 - June 30, 2003) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He both wrote and illustrated nine picture books and won two Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association recognizing the year's best-illustrated picture book. Four of those nine 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. His best-known work is another of the picture books, Make Way For Ducklings, set in Boston. In longer works, he both wrote and illustrated Homer Price and he illustrated Keith Robertson's Henry Reed series.

Physical Description:

63 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.1 0.5 6295.

Subject Term:

Islands -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

Maine -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Electronic Access:

Image

Publication Date:

1989

1957

1985

1977

ISBN:

9780140502015

9781435208384

9780800003968

Publication Information:

New York : Puffin Books, 1989

1977

Award Note:

Caldecott Medal, 1958.

Caldecott Award winner, 1958.

Call Number:

P MCCLOSKEY

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
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Summary

Winner of theCaldecott Medal! For fans of Blueberries for Sal , One Morning in Maine , and Make way for Ducklings .

"Out on the islands that poke their rocky shores above the waters of Penobscot Bay, you can watch the time of the world go by, from minute to minute, hour to hour, from day to day . . ." So begins this classic story of one summer on a Maine island from the author of One Morning in Maine and Blueberries for Sal . The spell of rain, the gulls and a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet of the night, the sudden terror of a hurricane, and, in the end, the peace of the island as the family packs up to leave are shown in poetic language and vibrant, evocative pictures.

Author Notes

Robert McCloskey was born in Hamilton, Ohio on September 14, 1914. In 1932, he won a scholarship to the Vesper George Art School in Boston. Two years later he was commissioned to execute bas-reliefs for the municipal building in his hometown. Then he moved to New York to study at the National Academy of Design. He painted for two summers on Cape Cod, but only sold a few water colors during that time.

After meeting with a children's book editor, he moved back Ohio and began to draw and paint the things around him in everyday life. The result was Lentil, the story of a boy and his harmonica in a typical Midwestern town. He returned to New York, where Viking Press acquired the book. He then got a job in Boston, assisting Francis Scott Bradford in making an enormous mural of famous people of Beacon Hill. It was there that he got the idea for Make Way for Ducklings, which won the Caldecott Medal in 1942.

During World War II, he was a sergeant in the Army. Stationed in Alabama, he was assigned to draw training pictures. After the war, he continued to write and illustrate children's books including Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, Time of Wonder, and Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man. Time of Wonder was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1958, making McCloskey the first artist to receive this honor twice. In 1974, he was awarded the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association for continued distinguished contribution to children's literature. He died on June 30, 2003 at the age of 88.

(Bowker Author Biography)