Desde 1951 realizó más de 90 libros infantiles, una prestigiosa trayectoria por la que recibió en 1970 el Premio Andersen y el Premio Laura Ingalls Wilder en 1983. En 1996 el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos le entregó la Medalla Nacional de las Artes y en 2003 le concedieron el Premio Internacional Astrid Lindgren de Literatura Infantil, junto con la autora austriaca Christine Nöstlinger. Estudió Pintura y Dibujo en el Art Students League de Nueva York. Consiguió su primer empleo como ilustrador para All America Comics y en 1951 comenzó a trabajar como ilustrador para la editorial Harper & Brothers. Impulsó una auténtica revolución en el panorama literario infantil por las ideas, la forma y el contenido de sus libros.
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