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☆ Nonny Hogrogian, 92, Honored Illustrator of Children’s Books, Dies
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Nonny Hogrogian, an illustrator who mined her Armenian heritage to bring diversity and wonder to her woodcuts and watercolors — an approach that helped expand the world of children’s literature and made her a two-time Caldecott Medal winner, died on May 9 at a hospital in Holyoke, Mass. Her husband, the poet David Kherdian, said the cause was cancer. Ms. Hogrogian was among a small number of illustrators to win multiple Caldecotts, considered one of the highest honors in children’s literature. She received her first medal in 1966 for the book “Always Room for One More,” written by Sorche Nic Leodhas, and her second in 1972 for “One Fine Day,” based on an Armenian folk tale that she retold and illustrated. She also received a Caldecott Honor, an award for distinguished runners-up, for “The Contest” (1977), another Armenian folk tale that she retold and illustrated.

Persons: Nonny Hogrogian, Caldecott, David Kherdian, Hogrogian, Sorche Nic Leodhas, ” Organizations: “ Locations: Holyoke , Mass

NEW YORK (AP) — Dave Eggers is now an award-winning children’s author. Eggers’ “The Eyes & the Impossible,” the great adventure of a very fast dog, has received the John Newbery Medal for the year’s best children’s book, an honor previously given to Beverly Cleary, Neil Gaiman and Lois Lowry among others. Last fall , “Big” was a National Book Award finalist. The awards were announced Monday by the American Library Association. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Persons: — Dave Eggers, Eggers ’, Newbery, Beverly Cleary, Neil Gaiman, Lois Lowry, Eggers, ”, Caldecott Organizations: American Library Association, Associated Press

☆ One Morning in Maine, 225 People Went to the Library
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Elisabeth Egan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

It was a beach day, by Maine standards — slightly overcast and moderately balmy, with a hint of balsam in the air. But on a peak-summer morning in July, 225 people steered clear of state parks and went to Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick instead. They were young and old, in strollers and on walkers and strutting the latest technical sandals. They wore pigtails, baby slings, ironic T-shirts, a head scarf, a lobster hat, a crown, a tiara and halos of white hair. As “Sal” McCloskey, now 78, settled into an armchair at the front of Morrell Reading Room, a hush fell over the undulating sea of children at her feet.

Persons: Curtis, Sarah McCloskey, Sal ”, Robert McCloskey, Ducklings ”, “ Sal ” McCloskey, Morrell, Matilda, Pippi, Eloise, haven’t Organizations: Curtis Memorial Library Locations: Maine, Brunswick, strollers

☆ Mo Willems Finds Yet Another Way to Entertain Kids: Opera
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( David Allen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The writer for it all? Mo Willems, who, it turns out, really loves opera! “The commonalities between what my industry, or my main industry, does and what opera does are incredible,” said Willems, a six-time Emmy Award-winning former Sesame Street writer, who has earned three Caldecott Honors for picture books and reigns as a near-deity in children’s literature. “It’s big emotions,” he added during an interview at the Kennedy Center before the premiere. That three-year position coincided with the pandemic, to which he responded with invaluable “Lunch Doodles” videos, but it still let him explore a range of genres, including symphonic music, which he said “has always been important to me.”

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