Holly Meade

Holly Meade
Born(1956-09-14)September 14, 1956
Winchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 2013(2013-06-28) (aged 56)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • artist
EducationRhode Island School of Design (AB)
Children2

Holly Meade (b. Winchester, Massachusetts, September 14, 1956 - d. June 28, 2013) was an American artist best known for her woodblock prints and for her illustrations for children's picture books.[1][2]

Meade's illustrations for Hush!: A Thai Lullaby (1996, Orchard Books,) by Minfong Ho won a 1997 Caldecott Honor for illustration.[3]

John Willy and Freddy McGee (Marshall Cavendish, 1998,) which Meade both wrote and illustrated, was an honoree for the Charlotte Zolotow Award for Creative Writing.[1]

  1. ^ a b Peterson, Karyn (5 July 2013). "Holly Meade, Artist and Kids' Book Author-Illustrator, Dies at 56". School Library Journal. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. ^ Weaver, Jacqueline (8 July 2013). "Printmaker Holly Meade dies at 56". Ellsworth American. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938–present". American Library Association. 30 November 1999. Retrieved November 17, 2012.