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William Pène Du Bois

William Sherman Pène du Boisa was an American writer and illustrator of books for young readers. He is best known for The Twenty-One Balloons, published in April 1947 by Viking Press, for which he won the 1948 Newbery Medal. He was twice a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal for illustrating books written by others, and the two Caldecott Honor picture books, which he also wrote.
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Born 9 May 1916
Died 5 February 1993

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  • Cover of: The 21 Balloons

    Cover of edition twentyoneballoon0000pene Cover of edition twentyoneballoon00dubo Cover of edition twentyoneballoo000dubo First published in 1947 — 39 editions
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    First published in 1951 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Collier's Junior Classics

    Cover of edition youngfolksshelfo0000marg Cover of edition magicinair0000mart Cover of edition magicinair0000unse Cover of edition magicinair03gave Cover of edition magicinair0000unse_k7a0 First published in 1962 — 7 editions
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    First published in 1956 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1936 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1936 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1940 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The 3 policemen: or, Young Bottsford of Farbe Island.

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  • Cover of: The Twenty-One Balloons

    First published in 1967 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Otto in Texas: the adventures of Otto.

    First published in 1959 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The forbidden forest

    First published in 1978 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1947 — 2 editions
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Born 9 May 1916
Died 5 February 1993

Subjects

Children's fiction, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Bears, fiction, Fantasy, Dogs, Mystery and detective stories, Bears, Detective and mystery stories, Humorous stories, Picture books, Balloons, fiction, Christmas, fiction, Circus, Fairy tales, Folklore, Juvenile literature, Koala, Pigs, fiction, Stories, collectionID:caldecotthonor50, humor, Ability, African Americans

Places

Africa, England, Germany, Krakatoa (Indonesia), The Sky, Wonderland

People

Alice, Bill, Caterpillar, Christopher Robin, Dodo, Dormouse, Duchess, Edward Bear, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), Fish-Footman, Frog-Footman, Gepetto, Gryphon, Hatter, Houghton Furlong, King of Hearts, Knave of Hearts, Llewellyn Pierpont Boopfaddle, Lord Ivan Big Bulk, March Hare, Mary Ann, Mock Turtle, Mouse, Peggy Moffitt, Peter Graves

Time

20th century, Furloy, antigravity

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