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| Author | James Thurber |
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| Illustrator | Louis Slobodkin |
| Cover artist | Louis Slobodkin |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & Company |
Publication date | 1943 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 48 pp |
| ISBN | 0156569809 |
Many Moons is an American children's picture book written by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. It was published by Harcourt, Brace & Company in 1943 and won the Caldecott Medal in 1944.[1][2] The book centers around a young girl, Princess Lenore, who becomes ill, and only one thing will make her better: the Moon. The book was Thurber's first picture book.
Despite winning the Caldecott Medal with Slobodkin's original illustrations, a reprint in 1990 by Harcourt featured the text accompanied by new illustrations by Marc Simont, another Caldecott-winning artist.[3] Current prints of the book, however, have gone back to using Slobodkin's illustrations.
- ^ American Library Association: Caldecott Medal Winners, 1938 - Present. URL accessed 27 May 2009.
- ^ Many Moons by James Thurber, illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1943.
- ^ Many Moons by James Thurber, illustrated by Marc Simont. Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1990.