Role Illustrator Name Barbara McClintock | Genre Children's literature Nationality American | |
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Born May 6, 1955 (age 68)
Flemington, New Jersey ( 1955-05-06 ) Education Art Students League of New York Books The Fantastic Drawings of Danielle Awards Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration | ||
Occupation Writer and illustrator | ||
Award winning illustrator barbara mcclintock on the paper route
Barbara McClintock (born May 6, 1955) is an American illustrator and author of children's books.
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- Award winning illustrator barbara mcclintock on the paper route
- Storymakers barbara mcclintock julia loves ballet lost and found
- Background
- References
Storymakers barbara mcclintock julia loves ballet lost and found
Background
McClintock was born in Flemington, New Jersey, on May 6, 1955, and spent her early childhood in Clinton, New Jersey. She moved to North Dakota with her mother and sister when she was nine years old.
After attending Jamestown College in Jamestown, North Dakota, she moved to New York City a week following her 20th birthday on the recommendation of Maurice Sendak, whom she called to ask advice about how to become a children's book illustrator. She studied briefly at The Art Students League of New York.
McClintock worked for Jim Henson illustrating books for his Fraggle Rock cable television series early in her career.
Her books have won numerous awards, including four New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Books, a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor award (2003, for Dahlia ), two Time Magazine Best Books, eight NY Public Library 100 Recommended Books, a Golden Kite award, two Parents Choice, an ALA Notable Book, a NEBA, starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, SLJ, Kirkus and Horn Book. The Minneapolis Children's Theatre made a ballet/opera of her book Animal Fables From Aesop, originally published in 1991 by David R. Godine, Publisher.