Simms taback biography of michaels
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Taback, Simms 1932-
American illustrator and author of picture books.
The following entry presents an overview of Taback's career through 2003.
INTRODUCTION
Children's book author and illustrator Taback was awarded the 1998 Caldecott Honor Award for There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1997), adapted from a traditional American song, and the prestigious 2000 Caldecott Gold Medal for the revised edition of his Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (1977; revised, 1999), adapted from a Yiddish folk song. Taback has distinguished himself by his innovative techniques of utilizing die-cut pages and detailed mixed-media collage illustrations to enhance the text of stories written and adapted by himself and others. In addition to illustrating some thirty-five children's books, Taback has been a commercial graphic artist for over forty years and has been recognized for designing the first McDonald's "Happy Meal" box, a promotional packaging innovation aimed at children for the fast-fo
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Simms Taback dies at 79; children’s author and illustrator
Simms Taback, an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator best known for his version of “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” and “Joseph Had a Little Overcoat,” his Caldecott Medal-winning adaptation of a Yiddish folk song, has died. He was 79.
Taback died of pancreatic cancer Dec. 25 at his home in Ventura, said his son, Jason.
In a more than five-decade career that included designing and illustrating the first McDonald’s Happy Meal box in the 1970s, Taback was the illustrator and sometimes author of about 50 books for children.
His breakthrough book as an author-illustrator, “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly,” has been described as “a tour de force in innovative book illustration and design” and was a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book.
For his retelling of the tale, Taback used die cuts to show the growing contents of the old woman’s expanding stomach as she eats larger and larger animals. He a
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Postcards from Camp
By: Taback, Simms; Taback, Simms [Illustrator]
Price: $3.48 USD
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books : 2011-06-30
Seller ID: 0399239731-3-19984688
ISBN-13: 9780399239731
Binding:Hardcover
Condition: Used: Good
The hilarious correspondence between a reluctant first-time camper and his dad This fabulously creative book bygd Caldecott Award winner Simms Taback features handmade postcards and funny letters that readers will enjoy pulling out of their envelopes. Michael fryst vatten new to sleepaway camp, and it's not going so well. He thinks his counselor is an alien, his bunkmates are pranksters, and it's constantly raining. So he sends his dad a series of urgent notes pleading for rescue. His dad is quick to reply, but encourages Michael to stick it out, reminding him that he met some of his best buddies at camp....
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