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Donald Crews (born August 30, 1938) is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. In 2015, the American Library Association (ALA) honored him with the Children's Literature Legacy Award , recognizing his lasting contribution to children's literature.
Bigmama's is a story written and illustrated by Donald Crews, published by Greenwillow Books in 1991. [1] It is a story inspired by his own life, capturing what the summers of his childhood were like visiting his grandparents in the south.
Freight Train is a 24-page children's picture book written and illustrated by Donald Crews and published by Greenwillow Books in 1978. It lacks any story, but rather describes the inner workings of a large cargo train. It was named one of 1979's Caldecott Honor books. [1]
After graduation, she began work in graphic design, and married fellow artist Donald Crews. After her husband was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1963, they moved to Frankfurt, Germany. [2] Their first daughter, Nina Crews, was born in Germany, and their second, Amy, was born a year later in New York. Nina Crews would grow up to become a children ...
C.C. Crews, an American Civil War colonel; Charlie Crews, a fictional detective whose story is depicted in the American television drama Life; David Crews, an American educator; David William Crews, an American lawyer and politician; Donald Crews, an American writer and illustrator of several well-known children's picture books
Nina Crews (born May 19, 1963) is a children's author; she is the daughter of Donald Crews and Ann Jonas, both children's authors and illustrators themselves. [1] She uses photographs and photocollages in her books to illustrate vibrant stories about young children. Crews currently lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn, New York. [1]
The Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal or Wilder Award) is a prize awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to writers or illustrators of children's books published in the United States who have, over a period of years, made substantial and lasting contributions to children ...
Donald E. Pease is the Ted and Helen Geisel Third Century Professor in the Humanities, chair of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program, professor of English and comparative literature at Dartmouth College. He is an Americanist, literary and cultural critic, and academic.