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Roy McKie (1921–2015)

Autor(a) de Snow

23+ Works 3,149 Membros 19 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 — 1,506 exemplares
Summer (1963) — Ilustrador — 554 exemplares
The Joke Book (1979) 225 exemplares
The Riddle Book (1978) 219 exemplares
Sailing: A Lubber’s Dictionary (1981) 207 exemplares
Gardening: A Gardener's Dictionary (1982) 117 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) 41 exemplares
Computing : A Hacker's Dictionary (1999) 19 exemplares
The Dog (1978) — Autor — 10 exemplares
Roy McKie's zodiac book (1977) 5 exemplares
The Sniff and Tell Riddle Book (1978) 4 exemplares

Associated Works

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960)algumas edições15,119 exemplares
Ten Apples Up On Top! (1961) — Ilustrador — 5,268 exemplares
In a People House (1972) — Ilustrador — 3,267 exemplares
The Nose Book (1970) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,846 exemplares
The Eye Book (1968) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,017 exemplares
Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (1975) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,016 exemplares
My Book About Me (1969) — Ilustrador — 860 exemplares
The Hair Book (1979) — Ilustrador — 836 exemplares
A Big Ball of String (1958) — Ilustrador, algumas edições661 exemplares
The Tooth Book (1981) — Ilustrador, algumas edições627 exemplares
Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles (1960) — Ilustrador, algumas edições312 exemplares
Bennett Cerf's Book of Animal Riddles (1964) — Ilustrador — 214 exemplares
More Riddles (1961) — Ilustrador, algumas edições193 exemplares
The Pop-up Mice of Mr. Brice (1973) — Ilustrador, algumas edições161 exemplares
Who Will Be My Pet? (1992) — Ilustrador — 34 exemplares
Nose, Toes, Antlers, Tail (Road to Reading) (1991)algumas edições15 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

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 | 9 outras críticas | Aug 2, 2022 |
 
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lcslibrarian | 1 outra crítica | Aug 13, 2020 |
Read today for the fourth or fifth time since 1972 which is how long I have owned the book.
 
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Karen74Leigh | Jul 31, 2019 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
23
Also by
18
Membros
3,149
Popularidade
#8,111
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
19
ISBN
78
Línguas
6
Marcado como favorito
1

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