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Steve Jenkins, award-winning author and illustrator of books featuring torn-paper collages about the natural world, died on Dec. 26 of a splenic artery aneurysm. He was 69.
Steve Jenkins, 69, Dies; His Children’s Books Brought Science to Life by Penelope Greener from the New York Times.
Mordicai Gerstein, Caldecott winning author and illustrator, died Sept. 24. He was 83.
Remembering Caldecott Winner Mordicai Gerstein by Kara Yorio from School Library Journal. Peek:
“‘Mordicai Gerstein was a genius, a master of both art and text,’ said Grace Maccarone,
Alice Provensen, a Star in the Children’s-Book World, Dies at 99 by Neil Genzlinger from The New York Times. Peek:
Working with her husband, Martin, Alice Provensen created dozens of books for young readers. “The books they illustrated and wrote covered a wide range — educational,
