John Robert McCloskey (September 15, 1914 – June 30, 2003) was an
American writer and illustrator of
children's books. He both wrote and illustrated eight
picture books and won two
Caldecott Medals from the
American Library Association recognizing the year's best-illustrated picture book. Four of those eight books were set in
Maine:
Blueberries for Sal,
One Morning in Maine,
Time of Wonder, and
Burt Dow, Deep-water Man; the last three all on the coast. His best-known work is another of the picture books,
Make Way For Ducklings, set in Boston. In longer works, he both wrote and illustrated
Homer Price and he illustrated Keith Robertson's Henry Reed.