Simms Taback

Simms Taback
Born(1932-02-13)February 13, 1932
The Bronx, New York, US
DiedDecember 25, 2011(2011-12-25) (aged 79)
Ventura, California, US
EducationCooper Union for the Advancement of Art
OccupationsIllustrator, writer, graphic designer
Writing career
Period1964–2011 (illustrator)
Genrechildren's picture books
Notable workJoseph Had a Little Overcoat (1999)
Notable awardsCaldecott Medal
2000

Simms Taback (February 13, 1932 – December 25, 2011) was an American writer, graphic artist, and illustrator of more than 35 books. He won the 2000 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, and was a runner-up in 1998 for There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.

Biography

He was born to a working family of a housepainter and a seamstress, socialists and labor organizers. His first name is after Harry Simms, Jewish labor leader.

Taback graduated from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Art and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a designer for CBS Records and The New York Times. He was the founder and president of the Illustrators Guild (later the New York Graphic Artists Guild) and taught art at the School of Visual Arts and Syracuse University.

Taback designed the first McDonald's Happy Meal box in 1977.[citation needed] He died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer.

Selected works

Original works

Awards

Winner

Finalist

See also

Reynold Ruffins

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Caldecott winner All he can say is, Wow, wow, wow". CNN. January 18, 2000. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Illustrious", by Marjorie Ingall, Tablet Magazine, February 08, 2011
  3. ↑ Heller, Steven (January 1, 2012). "Simms Taback, Writer and Illustrator of Children's Books Dies at 79". The New York Times. p. A24.
  4. ↑ "Biography of Simms Taback". About Simms Taback (simmstaback.com). Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Jabberwocky and other frabjous nonsense" (1967 edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record (LCC). Retrieved 2013-02-14.
    This is Taback's earliest work listed in the U.S. national library catalog.
  6. ↑ "Joseph had a little overcoat" (1977 ed.). LCC record. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
  7. 1 2 "Taback, Simms". WorldCat. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Joseph had a little overcoat" (1999 ed.). LCC record. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
  9. ↑ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. n.d. Retrieved January 20, 2020.