William Pène du Bois

William Sherman Pène du Bois (May 9, 1916 – February 5, 1993) 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.

From 1953 to 1960, Pène du Bois was art editor of ''The Paris Review,'' working alongside founder and editor George Plimpton. Provided by Wikipedia
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    The forbidden forest /
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    The giant /
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    Bear Circus.
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    The alligator case /
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    Lion.
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    The twenty-one balloons /
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    The hare and the tortoise & The tortoise and the hare. : La liebre y la tortuga & La tortuga y la liebre /
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    The twenty-one balloons /
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    Gentleman bear /
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    Giant Otto /
    Microform Book
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    Adventures here and there /
    by Enright, Elizabeth, 1909-1968, Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929, Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932, Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Sawyer, Ruth, 1880-1970, Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993, Buchanan, Fannie R. (Fannie Rebecca), 1875-1957, Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965, Henry, Marguerite, 1902-1997, Kjelgaard, Jim, 1910-1959, Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren), 1892-1977, Allen, Merritt Parmelee, 1892-1954, Brink, Carol Ryrie, 1895-1981, Carr, Mary Jane, 1895-1988, Coatsworth, Elizabeth, 1893-1986, Crawford, Phyllis, 1899-1980, Daugherty, James, 1889-1974, Armer, Laura Adams, 1874-1963, Bowman, James Cloyd, 1880-1961, Chapman, Arthur, 1873-1935, Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964, Mukerji, Dhan Gopal, 1890-1936, Washburne, Heluiz, 1892-, Anauta, Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958, Yates, Elizabeth, 1905-2001, Macleod, Mary, 1859 or 1860-1914, Eaton, Jeanette, Cruse, Amy, 1870-1951, Kelly, Eric P. (Eric Philbrook), 1884-1960, Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911, Sperry, Armstrong, 1897-1976, Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, Edmonds, Walter D., Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882, Shippen, Katherine B., 1892-1980, Masefield, John, 1878-1967, Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
    Published 1958
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    Where's Gomer? /
    by Farber, Norma
    Published 1974
    Other Authors: “...Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993...”
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    William's doll /
    by Zolotow, Charlotte, 1915-2013
    Published 1972
    Other Authors: “...Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993...”
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    The mousewife /
    by Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998
    Published 1971
    Other Authors: “...Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993...”
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    My grandson Lew /
    by Zolotow, Charlotte, 1915-2013
    Published 1974
    Other Authors: “...Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993...”
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    A certain small shepherd /
    by Caudill, Rebecca, 1899-1985
    Published 1965
    Other Authors: “...Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993...”
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    The three little pigs : in verse /
    Published 1970
    Other Authors: “...Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993...”
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    The unfriendly book /
    by Zolotow, Charlotte, 1915-2013
    Published 1975
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    William's doll /
    by Zolotow, Charlotte, 1915-2013
    Published 1972
    Other Authors: “...Pène du Bois, William, 1916-1993...”
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