Simms Taback

Simms Taback (February 13, 1932 – December 25, 2011) was an American writer, graphic artist, and illustrator of more than 35 books. He won the 2000 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, and was a runner-up in 1998 for There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.

Contents

• Simms taback s this is the house that jack built
• Getting to know simms taback
• Selected works
• Original works
• References

Taback graduated from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and served in the United States Army. He was a designer for CBS Records and The New York Times. He was the founder and president of the Illustrators Guild (later the New York Graphic Artists Guild) and taught art at the School of Visual Arts and Syracuse University.

Taback designed the first McDonald's Happy Meal box in 1977. He died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer.

Selected works

Jabberwocky and other nonsense (Harlin Quist, 1964), three poems by Lewis Carroll, 1871 to 1889

Too Much Noise (1967), by Ann McGovern

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Random House, 1977), movable book based on a Yiddish folk song

Jason's Bus Ride (1987), by Harriet Ziefert

Road Builders (1994), by B. G. Hennessy

Sam's Wild West Show (1995), by Nancy Antle

Two Little Witches: a Halloween counting story (1996), by Harriet Ziefert

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1998), illustrating the American folk poem

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Viking, 1999) —the Caldecott Medal-winning edition

This is the House that Jack Built (2002), based on the nursery rhyme

Kibitzers and Fools: tales my zayda (grandfather) told me (2005), traditional Jewish tales

I Miss You Every Day (2007)

Original works

Animal Parade

City Animals

Dinosaurs

Farm Animals

Safari Animals

Quack Like A Duck!

Who Am I?

Who Said Moo?

Where Is My Baby?

Where Is My Friend?