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Alice Provensen

Alice Provensen collaborated with her late husband, Martin, on numerous highly acclaimed picture books, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Glorious Flight and Nancy Willard's Newbery Medal-winning A Visit to William Blake's Inn, which was also a Caldecott Honor Book. The Provensens have been on the New York Times list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times.

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American illustrator (1918-2018)

Born 14 August 1918
Died 23 April 2018

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  • Cover of: A visit to William Blake's inn: poems for innocent and experienced travelers
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    First published in 1981 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: The glorious flight: across the Channel with Louis Blériot, July 25, 1909
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    First published in 1983 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The year at Maple Hill Farm
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    First published in 1978 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The buck stops here: the presidents of the United States
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    First published in 1990 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: A day in the life of Murphy
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    First published in 2003 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: A book of seasons
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    Cover of edition lesquatresaisons0000alic Cover of edition bookofseasons00prov Cover of edition ellibrodelasesta0000prov First published in 1976 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Our animal friends at Maple Hill Farm
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    Cover of edition ouranimalfriends00prov First published in 1974 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Town & country
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    First published in 1984 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: A Peaceable Kingdom: The Shaker Abecedarius
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    Cover of edition peaceablekingdom0000unse_b8i1 First published in 1978 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Mother Goose book
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    Cover of edition mothergoosebook0000unse_f7t2 First published in 1976 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The Animal Fair (Golden Bks Classics)
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    First published in 1952 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Shaker Lane
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    First published in 1987 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Leonardo da Vinci: the artist, inventor, scientist in three-dimensional, movable pictures

    First published in 1984 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Play on words

    First published in 1972 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Provensen book of fairy tales.
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    First published in 1971 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: An owl and three pussycats
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    First published in 1981 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: What is a color?

    First published in 1967 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The golden Mother Goose
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    Cover of edition goldenmothergoos0000unse First published in 1948 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Katie the kitten
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    First published in 1949 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Punch in New York
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    First published in 1991 — 3 editions
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American illustrator (1918-2018)

Born 14 August 1918
Died 23 April 2018

Subjects

Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Fiction, Children's poetry, Farm life, Animals, fiction, Farm life, fiction, Nursery rhymes, Animals, Cats, Cats, fiction, Children's stories, City and town life, Domestic animals, History, Juvenile poetry, Pictorial works, Picture books, Alphabet, Caldecott Medal, Children's poetry, American, Color, Counting, Counting books

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United States, China, Juvenile literature, New York (N.Y.), Seasons, Yukon Territority

People

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Louis Blériot (1872-1936), William Blake (1757-1827), William Howell Prospector

Time

19th century

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