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Margot Zemach (1931–1989)

Autor(a) de It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale

16+ Works 1,662 Membros 64 Críticas

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Obras por Margot Zemach

The Little Red Hen: An Old Story (1983) 223 exemplares
The Three Wishes: An Old Story (1986) 89 exemplares
Hush, Little Baby (1975) — Autor — 35 exemplares
The Teeny Tiny Woman (1965) 29 exemplares
Eating Up Gladys (2005) 23 exemplares
Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven (1982) 23 exemplares
Self Portrait: Margot Zemach (1978) 20 exemplares
The Three Sillies: A Folk Tale (1963) 13 exemplares
The Fisherman and His Wife (1966) 9 exemplares
To Hilda for Helping (1977) 8 exemplares
The Little Tiny Woman (1965) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain (1973) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,443 exemplares
Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems (1988) — Ilustrador — 993 exemplares
The Prydain Chronicles (1991) — Ilustrador — 686 exemplares
Duffy and the Devil (1973) — Ilustrador — 306 exemplares
When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories (1968) — Ilustrador, algumas edições291 exemplares
The Chinese Mirror (1988) — Ilustrador — 178 exemplares
Mazel and Shlimazel; or, The Milk of a Lioness (1967) — Ilustrador, algumas edições145 exemplares
The Sign in Mendel's Window (1985) — Ilustrador — 110 exemplares
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Denmark (1971) — Ilustrador, algumas edições62 exemplares
The Question Box (1965) — Ilustrador — 7 exemplares
The tricks of Master Dabble. (1965) — Ilustrador — 3 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1931-11-30
Data de falecimento
1989-05-21
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Los Angeles, California, USA
Local de falecimento
Berkeley, California, USA
Educação
Los Angeles County Art Institute
Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Ocupações
illustrator
children's book illustrator
artist
autobiographer
Relações
Zemach, Harve (husband)
Zemach, Kaethe (daughter)
Prémios e menções honrosas
Fulbright Scholarship

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Margot Zemach was born in Los Angeles, California and studied at the Los Angeles County Art Institute. She won a Fulbright Scholarship to study drawing in Vienna. In 1957, she married Harvey Fischtrom, a fellow Fulbright student with whom she had four children, and began a collaboration that produced 13 children's books before his death in 1974. She created the drawings and he wrote the text under the byline of Margot and Harve Zemach. They also worked with their daughter Kaethe Zemach on a collection of stories called The Princess and the Froggie (1974). Ms. Zemach's own first book was an adaptation of the folktale The Three Sillies (1963). She became the illustrator or author of more than 40 children's books in total, and worked with other leading authors such as Isaac Bashevis Singer, Alvin Schwartz, and Randall Jarrell. She won the Caldecott Medal in 1974 for Duffy and the Devil. She also wrote an autobiography, Self Portrait (1978). She died at age 57 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease.

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B-Day Present for Mx. He enjoys this book about being thankful for what you have (or don't have). To date Ms, hasn't been around when we've read it,
 
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Mx2018 | 27 outras críticas | Nov 4, 2023 |
Great book to teach how to love and be grateful for what you have, no matter the condition "it could always be worse".
 
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Sharquin | 27 outras críticas | Sep 13, 2023 |
Super cute little book with some nice art. It seems like a very good book to read aloud to children.
 
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sarahlh | 1 outra crítica | Mar 6, 2021 |
IT COULD ALWAYS BE WORSE is a witty Jewish tale and a Caldecott Honor book. The book tells of a man who is unhappy in his crowded home with his family. He consults with his Rabbi. After several visits, the Rabbi cleverly teaches the man to appreciate what he has. In the end, his conditions are the same as they were in the beginning of the story, but the man finds himself much happier. The illustrations in the book are very detailed and nicely done.
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chunter3 | 27 outras críticas | Feb 28, 2019 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
16
Also by
11
Membros
1,662
Popularidade
#15,460
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
64
ISBN
75
Línguas
5

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