Simms Taback
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Lesson Plan 1 and Author/Illustrator study)
Joseph Had A Little Overcoat (Lesson Plan 2)
Joseph Had A Little Overcoat (Lesson Plan 3)
Joseph Had A Little Overcoat (Lesson Plan 4)
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly (Lesson Plan 1)
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Citations from ERIC Database
AN: EJ619474
AU: Giorgis,-Cyndi; Johnson,-Nancy-J.
TI: 2000 Caldecott Medal Winner: A Conversation with Simms Taback.
PY: 2001
SO: Reading-Teacher; v54 n4 p418-22 Dec 2000-Jan 2001.
DEM: *Childrens-Literature; *Picture-Books
DER: Elementary-Education; Illustrations-; Interviews-
AB: Presents an interview with Simms Taback, winner of the 2000 Caldecott Award for his children's book illustrations. Discusses Taback's career as a graphic artist and children's book illustrator. Discusses intricate details and clever nuances in "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat," a warm and humorous tale proving that you can always make something, even out of nothing. (SR)
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Title: Authors, Illustrators, Award Books, and Children's Book Week!
Source: School Library Media Activities Monthly, Nov2000, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p46, 3p
Author(s): Brodie, Carolyn S.
Abstract: Presents winners of the Association for Library Service to Children's book award for children given in January 2000. `Joseph Had a Little Overcoat,' by Simms Taback; `When Sophie Gets Really, Really Angry,' by Molly Bang; `A Child's Calendar,' by Trina Schart Hyman; `Bud, Not Buddy,' by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Title: Caldecott Medal Acceptance.
Source: Horn Book Magazine, Jul/Aug2000, Vol. 76 Issue 4, p402, 7p, 1bw
Author(s): Taback, Simms
Abstract: Presents the text of a speech delivered by Simms Taback, a children's book illustrator, on July 9, 2000 which deals with his winning of the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the book `Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.'
Title: Best illustrated books 1997.
Source: New York Times Book Review, 11/16/97, Vol. 147 Issue 50978, p40, 2p, 10c
Abstract: Presents illustrations from children's books selected by a panel of judges as the best illustrated books of 1997. Illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger, for Noah's Ark'; Gennady Spirin, for `The Sea King's Daughter'; Chief Lelooska, in `Echoes of the Elders'; Jerry Pinkney, for `The Hired Hand'; Simms Taback, for `There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly'; More.
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