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"The Woman Who Sculpted Make Way for Ducklings ""Davis' illustrations are reminiscent of the statues themselves: bold, with rounded edges and a fullness of life that he captures with rich colors and an absence of outlines. "" Kirkus Review When American sculptor Nancy Sch�n visited Israel in 1979, a visit to a sculpture garden changed her life. She saw a bronze woman cuddling a cat and was amazed with how children interacted with the sculpture. Later, Nancy wrote, ""Right then, I saw what I wanted for my art. I wanted my sculptures to be outdoors in parks, where people of all ages could touch and enjoy them."" Her passion for public art sculptures meant finding new ways to work. She began this new phase of her career by creating a bronze sculpture of a duck family from Robert McCloskey's picture book, Make Way for Ducklings. The process was hard: she needed a larger studio and working large meant structural problems for the ducks. The process was so hard that she became discouraged. On her lowest day, a friend brought her a slip of paper with these words: Be Strong. The encouragement helped her find the strength and determination to finish the duck family, which launched her career in public art. Over the decades since, Nancy's strength of character carried her through twenty other sculpture projects across the world. Through it all, she found a quiet solidness in that small sign hanging on her studio walls: Be Strong. This authorized biography includes rich back matter: historical photos and a biography of Nancy Sch�n. The McCloskey ducklings launched her career, but it's time to bring her whole career into the spotlight. This picture book biography brings Nancy's story-and encouragement-to children. It distills a lifetime of creative art into two inspiring words: Be Strong."

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"""Davis' illustrations are reminiscent of the statues themselves: bold, with rounded edges and a fullness of life that he captures with rich colors and an absence of outlines. "" Kirkus Review"

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Children's book author and indie publisher Darcy Pattison writes award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for children. Five books have received starred PW, Kirkus, or BCCB reviews. Awards include the Irma Black Honor award, five NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books, two Eureka! Nonfiction Honor book, two Junior Library Guild selections, two NCTE Notable Children's Book in Language Arts, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book, an Arkansiana Award, and the Susannah DeBlack Arkansas Children's History Book award. She's the 2007 recipient of the Arkansas Governor's Arts Award for Individual Artist for her work in children's literature. Her books have been translated into ten languages. Rich Davis has illustrated the 18-book series, TINY (Penguin) by Cari Meister, early readers featuring a huge dog named Tiny. He has also illustrated FRIDAY COMES ON TUESDAY: An Adventure at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (University of Arkansas Press), The Aliens, Inc. series (Mims House) of chapter books, and a picture book, Greatest (Mims House).

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