McCloskey's wife and eldest daughter Sally are reputed to be the models for little Sal and her mother in Blueberries for Sal (1948), a picture book set on a "Blueberry Hill" in the vicinity. They had two daughters, Sally and Jane, and settled in New York State, spending summers on Scott Island, a small island off Little Deer Isle in East Penobscot Bay. In 1940, he married Peggy Durand, daughter of the children's writer Ruth Sawyer. After Vesper George he moved to New York City for study at the National Academy of Design.
McCloskey was born in Hamilton, Ohio, during 1914 and reached Boston in 1932 with a scholarship to study at Vesper George Art School. He was also the writer for Make Way For Ducklings, as well as the illustrator for The Man Who Lost His Head. 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 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. OL4638381W Page_number_confidence 86.00 Pages 202 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200316092928 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 588 Scandate 20200307084859 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog marygrove Scribe3_search_id 31927000654654 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 3.John Robert McCloskey was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 04:01:07 Boxid IA1791611 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Col_number COL-609 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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