Award-winning author Beverly Cleary has died at age 104 on March 25, 2021 at home in Carmel Valley, California. Best known for the “Beezus and Ramona” books, as well as Newbery Medal winner Dear Mr. [continue reading]
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Author Norton Juster Dies
Author Norton Juster Dies: Norton Juster, Newbery Honor author of The Phantom Tollbooth, (1961) died at age 91 at home in Massachusetts on March 8, 2021. The book featured cartoon ink drawings by Jules Feiffer, [continue reading]
Author Kathleen Krull Dies
Author Kathlee Krull Dies: Kathleen Krull, noted nonfiction author for children, died suddenly on January 16, 2021. Although she had been diagnosed recently with cancer, her death was unexpected. Most of her books were biographies, [continue reading]
ACL Member Ruth Hadlock Dies
Longtime ACL Member Ruth Hadlock Dies: Librarian Ruth Hadlock died on October 29, 2020 at age 90; she was an ACL member and respected book reviewer. Originally from New York, she was married to noted [continue reading]
Author Sam McBratney Dies
Author Sam McBratney Dies: Irish author Sam McBratney, best known for Guess How Much I Love You (illustrated by Anita Jeram) died on Sept. 17, 2020 at age 77. His first book was the novel [continue reading]
Author Joanna Cole Dies
Author Joanna Cole Dies – Creator of “The Magic School Bus” series: Joanna Cole died on July 12, 2020 at age 75 (cause not given); this was announced by her publisher Scholastic. Cole was best [continue reading]
Publisher Thomas Low Dies
Publisher Thomas Low Dies: Thomas Low, co-founder of publishing company Lee & Low, died due to cancer. Lee & Low was one of the first children’s book publishers that focused on multicultural diversity and authors [continue reading]
Author Jean Little Dies
Canadian Author Jean Little Dies: Children’s book author Jean Little has died at age 88 in Guelph, Ontario. She was born in Taiwan where her parents were missionaries and she was legally blind from birth; [continue reading]