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Roy McKie (1921–2015)

Autor(a) de Snow

24+ Works 3,225 Membros 20 Críticas 1 Favorited

About the Author

Roy McKie was born in Medford, Massachusetts. He attended Vesper George School of Art, where he won the Prix de Rome. Because of World War II, it wasn't possible for him to go to Rome for further study. Instead, he attended the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation. He worked for book publishers, major mostrar mais magazines, and advertising agencies from the 1960's until the 1990's. He was best known as a children's book illustrator working with Dr. Seuss on numerous books including Ten Apples Up on Top, In a People House, Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?, The Tooth Book, The Eye Book, I Can Write, and My Book About Me, By Me Myself. He also illustrated The Nose Book by Al Perkins, Bennett Cerf's Animal Riddles by Bennett Cerf, Summer by Alice Low, A Big Ball of String by Marion Holland, and Snow by P.D. Eastman. He died on January 8, 2015 at the age of 93. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Obras por Roy McKie

Snow (1962) — Ilustrador — 1,545 exemplares
Summer (1963) — Ilustrador — 570 exemplares
The Joke Book (1979) 229 exemplares
The Riddle Book (1978) 227 exemplares
Sailing: A Lubber’s Dictionary (1981) 210 exemplares
Gardening: A Gardener's Dictionary (1982) 118 exemplares
Golfing (1656) 65 exemplares
Cooking: A Cook's Dictionary (1985) 45 exemplares
Skiing (1980) 44 exemplares
Noah's Ark: A Knee-High Book (1984) 42 exemplares
Computing : A Hacker's Dictionary (1999) 19 exemplares
The Dog (1978) — Autor — 10 exemplares
Roy McKie's zodiac book (1977) 5 exemplares
Zodiac Personality Books: Leo (1972) 4 exemplares

Associated Works

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960)algumas edições15,461 exemplares
Ten Apples Up On Top! (1961) — Ilustrador — 5,401 exemplares
In a People House (1972) — Ilustrador — 3,334 exemplares
The Nose Book (1970) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,888 exemplares
The Eye Book (1968) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,045 exemplares
Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (1975) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,044 exemplares
My Book About Me (1969) — Ilustrador — 873 exemplares
The Hair Book (1979) — Ilustrador — 865 exemplares
A Big Ball of String (1958) — Ilustrador, algumas edições682 exemplares
The Tooth Book (1981) — Ilustrador, algumas edições636 exemplares
Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles (1960) — Ilustrador, algumas edições315 exemplares
Bennett Cerf's Book of Animal Riddles (1964) — Ilustrador — 221 exemplares
More Riddles (1961) — Ilustrador, algumas edições199 exemplares
The Pop-up Mice of Mr. Brice (1973) — Ilustrador, algumas edições164 exemplares
Who Will Be My Pet? (1992) — Ilustrador — 35 exemplares
Nose, Toes, Antlers, Tail (Road to Reading) (1991)algumas edições16 exemplares
The Night Before Christmas (Roy McKie) (1963) — Ilustrador — 10 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1921-10-08
Data de falecimento
2015-01-08
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Ocupações
children's book illustrator

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Críticas

Two children enjoy sledding, skiing, making tracks, building a snowman, and other activities in the snow.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 10 outras críticas | Mar 25, 2024 |
There were some amusing humorous definitions in this dictionary, but, one thing that was annoying was that for many terms, only the humorous definition was given. If the reader did not know what this term actually meant, they still didn't know what it meant, leaving the reader frustrated, having to Google the meaning. For example, Vermiculite's meaning is given as: 'Obscure order of nuns dedicated to gardening...'. It's actual meaning, after Googling, is: Vermiculite is a mineral that improves drainage and moisture retention in potting mixes.… (mais)
 
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DAVIDGOTTS | 1 outra crítica | Aug 26, 2022 |
Children play in the snow.
 
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BLTSbraille | 10 outras críticas | Aug 2, 2022 |
 
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lcslibrarian | 1 outra crítica | Aug 13, 2020 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
24
Also by
18
Membros
3,225
Popularidade
#7,938
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
20
ISBN
78
Línguas
6
Marcado como favorito
1

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