Robert McCloskey
1914 – 2003
Background – Biographical Information & Connection to Maine (2)
Click here for interesting biographical information & exhibit items at the McCloskey Museum in Ohio (3)
What makes McCloskey’s Make Way for Ducklings sculpture such a beloved fixture in Boston?
Make Way for Ducklings Sculpture in Boston Garden (4)
Make Way For Ducklings’ Exhibit Opens At Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts (5)
Make Way for Celebration: These Ducklings are Turning 75 (6)
The Ducklings seen recently practicing “social distancing” and wearing protective masks! (10)
Virtual Visit: A visit with McCloskey at his home and studio barn on Little Deer Isle, Maine (11)
Virtual Visit – Famed Author’s Daughter Takes Visitors Around Town (12)
Virtual Visit: The McCloskey Museum in Hamilton, Ohio (13)
Books by Robert McCloskey
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An Annotated List of Caldecott Medal Winners 1938 – Present – Awarded each year to the “most distinguished American picture book for children.” (22)
The Art of Robert McCloskey – Ohio Magazine article (23)
Robert McCloskey’s daughter paints vivid, absorbing portrait of her father (24)
An Interview with Robert McCloskey – 1986 – Audio (25)
An Interview with Robert McCloskey – 1986 – Transcript (26)
Photo of Robert McCloskey as a young boy – Courtesy of Bruce Carver (27)
Robert McCloskey’s obituary in the Los Angeles Times (28)
Robert McCloskey’s obituary in the Boston Globe (29)
Find-a-Grave Cemetery Record (30)
If you’d like more to explore…
Blueberries for Sal corn maze competing to be the best in national contest (31)
Photo Credits and Sources from top to bottom of page:
1. Portrait of Robert McCloskey: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Robert_J._McCloskey
2. Fannin, Alice. “(John) Robert McCloskey.” American Writers for Children, 1900-1960, edited by John Cech, Gale, 1983. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 22. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1200001652/LitRC?u=brun84057&sid=bookmark-LitRC&xid=2818d309. Accessed 21 Mar. 2022.
3. https://hamiltonheritagehall.org/biography-of-robert-mccloskey/
4. http://bostonlitdistrict.org/venue/make-way-ducklings-sculpture/
5. https://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/11/25/make-way-for-ducklings-exhibit-museum-of-fine-arts-mfa-boston/
6. https://www.npr.org/2016/04/12/473565285/make-way-for-celebration-these-ducklings-are-turning-75
7. Ducklings as Bruins: https://www.facebook.com/wcvb5/posts/mrs-mallard-and-her-ducklings-are-all-ready-to-cheer-for-the-boston-bruins-in-ga/10157408204639445/
8. Ducklings as Patriots: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AUKyV72MpLHAd48_dPvDECBuy4DWU_Suwl6gCcwQoUdnzN3i1L6Ldis/?nic_v1=1aKOvq2WkMEoD3xlCOmUQ8nONyRxzJiZyKVGF6Fkp%2B6%2FHh71IGJBT0Hd78TPiCcloh
9. Ducklings as Red Sox: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/371617406723558419/?nic_v1=1a%2FhyZ9928nAw4orZpOPx5G83u1v8vQLuhZYl4RqkfraREzJwOkm18ZjA8WNW7N4cI
10. https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2020/03/22/make-way-for-ducklings-statues-masks-coronavirus
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g7bxcsA-EE
12. https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/living/arts-a-living/famed-authors-daughter-takes-visitor-around-town/
13. https://hamiltonheritagehall.org/mccloskey-exhibit/
14. http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal#40s
15. https://archive.org/details/lentilmccl00mccl
16. https://archive.org/details/blueberriesforsa00mccl/page/n39/mode/2up
17. https://archive.org/details/makewayforduckl000mccl/page/n3
18. https://archive.org/details/onemorninginmain0000mccl_y5m1
19. https://archive.org/details/burtdowdeepwater00robe
20. https://archive.org/details/timeofwonder00mccl
21. https://archive.org/details/homerpricepmcpuf00robe
22. https://abqlibrary.org/c.php?g=19174&p=108386
23. https://www.ohiomagazine.com/arts/article/the-art-of-robert-mccloskey
24. https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/living/arts-a-living/robert-mccloskeys-daughter-paints-vivid-absorbing-portrait-of-her-father/
25. https://s3.amazonaws.com/WebVault/HB/audio/radio_mccloskey.mp3
26. https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=robert-mccloskey-interviewed-by-anita-silvey
27. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65989843/robert-mccloskey
28. http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhslibrary/files/2020/04/McCloskey-Obituary.pdf
29. MLA 8: Bailey, Michael J. “CREATOR OF `DUCKLINGS’ DIES ROBERT MCCLOSKEY WAS 88 ROBERT MCCLOSKEY, 88; CREATED `MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS’: [THIRD EDITION].” Boston Globe, Jul 01, 2003. ProQuest, http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/authmaine.asp?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/405535724?accountid=17222.
30. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65989843/robert-mccloskey
31. https://bangordailynews.com/bdn-maine/community/maine-corn-maze-competes-again-for-best-in-usa/
