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Emily Arnold McCully

えみりー・あーのるど・まっかりー

Emirī Ānorudo Makkarī

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1939-07-01 （Galesburg, Illinois）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Garden City, New York → Chatham, New York

Career

Occupations
children's book writer, illustrator
Active Years
1971-2024

Education

Pembroke College, Brown University
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: United States
Phi Beta Kappa
Columbia University
Art History
Degree: MA
Country: United States

Awards

Caldecott Medal
1993
Work: Mirette on the High Wire
Category: picture book
Organization: Association for Library Service to Children
Result: winner
Christopher Award
2004
Work: Picnic
Result: winner
Jane Addams Award
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mirette on the High Wire

1992 Picture book

A picture book about a girl named Mirette who learns tightrope walking.

courageadventure

Picnic

2003 Picture book

Ballerina Swan

2012 Picture book

Story of a ballerina swan written by Allegra Kent.

Bibliography

  • MA nDA LA
  • Black is brown is tan
  • The Bed Book
  • The New Friend
  • Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu
  • The Grandma Mix-Up
  • Grandmas at the Lake
  • Grandmas at Bat
  • The Mixed-Up Grandmas Treasury
  • Grandmas Trick-Or-Treat
  • Starring Mirette & Bellini
  • Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls
  • The Pirate Queen
  • Hurry!
  • Mouse Practice
  • The orphan singer
  • Battle for St. Michaels
  • First Snow
  • Squirrel and John Muir
  • School
  • The Bobbin Girl
  • Popcorn at the Palace
  • Clara: the (mostly) true story of the rhinoceros who dazzled kings...

Legacy

Renowned American children's book author and illustrator, winner of the Caldecott Medal for Mirette on the High Wire.

Archives

  • University of Connecticut Archives & Special Collections