![]() ![]() I don't remember what grade I was in when we read Walter Mitty, but I remember rereading it several times before the assignment was over.īut, alas, this blog is about the Caldecott Medal and so we will talk about the illustrator. The three assigned readings I remember the best and loved the most were Arthur Miller's The Crucible, John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, and James Thurber's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. More By and About this Authorchevronright THE THURBER LETTERS: The Wit, Wisdom and Surprising Life of James Thurber Many Moons Many Moons Thurber on Crime. When I was in school, there were few required reading assignments I truly enjoyed and even fewer that I actually finished (I loved reading and read more books than I can count, but if I didn't enjoy something, I just didn't finish it). ![]() The author of Many Moons is James Thurber, a well known author, cartoonist, playwright, and journalist. Her father, the King, will do anything to help his daughter feel better and when she asks for the moon, he calls in his wisest men to help get it for her. Many Moons tells the story of Princess Lenore, a young girl who falls ill after eating too many raspberry tarts. ![]() The seventh book to be awarded the Caldecott Medal was Many Moons written by James Thurber and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin, published in 1943 by Harcourt Brace, now a part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ![]()
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