Comments on: Caldecott Honoree Antonio Frasconi dies at 93 http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/caldecott-honoree-antonio-frasconi-dies-at-93/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:19:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Obituaries, new Briefings, and Sydney Taylor Awards | http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/caldecott-honoree-antonio-frasconi-dies-at-93/#comment-21374 Obituaries, new Briefings, and Sydney Taylor Awards | Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:17:42 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=28399#comment-21374 [...] ANTONIO FRASCONI dies at the age of 93:  Antonio Frasconi, who died on Jan. 8 at 93, illustrated more than 100 books, and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian. His woodcuts appeared on album and magazine covers, holiday cards, calendars and posters, and in exhibitions around the world. Several of his children’s books won awards, including the Caldecott Honor book The House That Jack Built/La Maison que Jacques a Batie (Harcourt, 1958). In 1963 he designed a stamp to honor the centennial of the National Academy of Sciences. For more information, see: http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/caldecott-honoree-antonio-frasconi-dies-at-93/ . [...] [...] ANTONIO FRASCONI dies at the age of 93:  Antonio Frasconi, who died on Jan. 8 at 93, illustrated more than 100 books, and his work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian. His woodcuts appeared on album and magazine covers, holiday cards, calendars and posters, and in exhibitions around the world. Several of his children’s books won awards, including the Caldecott Honor book The House That Jack Built/La Maison que Jacques a Batie (Harcourt, 1958). In 1963 he designed a stamp to honor the centennial of the National Academy of Sciences. For more information, see: http://www.slj.com/2013/01/books-media/caldecott-honoree-antonio-frasconi-dies-at-93/ . [...]

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