Robert McCloskey
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"John Robert McCloskey" was an American people/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. He was also the writer for Make Way For Ducklings, as well as the illustrator for The Man Who Lost His Head.

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Make Way for Ducklings.

That neighborhood has never been known for racial tensions.

I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.