Uri Shulevitz facts for kids
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Uri Shulevitz
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| Born | February 27, 1935 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | February 15, 2025 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Illustrator, writer |
| Period | 1963–2025 |
| Genre | Children's picture books |
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| Notable awards | Caldecott Medal 1969 |
Uri Shulevitz (born February 27, 1935 – died February 15, 2025) was an American author and artist. He was famous for writing and drawing pictures for children's books. In 1969, he won the important Caldecott Medal. This award was for his amazing illustrations in the book The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship. This book is an old Eastern European fairy tale. It was retold by Arthur Ransome in 1916.
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Uri Shulevitz's Life Story
Uri Shulevitz was born in Warsaw, Poland, on February 27, 1935. When he was a young boy, his family had to move often. During a difficult time in Warsaw in 1939, a bomb hit his apartment building. Luckily, Uri and his family were safe.
They left Poland and moved to Paris by 1947. Two years later, in 1949, they moved again to Israel. Uri even joined the Israeli Army for a short time in 1956. After that, he lived on a special community farm called a kibbutz in Ein Gedi.
Starting His Career in New York
In 1959, Uri Shulevitz moved to New York City. There, he studied painting at the Brooklyn Museum Art School. He also worked as an artist for a company that made children's books in Hebrew.
In 1962, an editor from a big publishing company saw his drawings. She thought he would be great at creating children's books. Uri then made his very first picture book, The Moon in My Room, in 1963. He lived in New York City for many years. Uri Shulevitz passed away on February 15, 2025, when he was 89 years old.
Books by Uri Shulevitz
Uri Shulevitz wrote and illustrated many wonderful books. Some of them he wrote himself, and for others, he drew pictures for stories written by other authors. Here are some of his works:
- The Moon in My Room (1963)
- The Mystery of the Woods (1964) (written by Mary Stolz)
- A Rose, a Bridge, and a Wild Black Horse (1964) (written by Charlotte Zolotow)
- The Second Witch (1965) (written by Jack Sendak)
- The Twelve Dancing Princesses (1966) (Brothers Grimm tale adapted by Elizabeth Shub)
- The Carpet of Solomon (1966) (written by Sulamith Ish-Kishor)
- The Month Brothers (1967) (written by Dorothy Nathan)
- Runaway Jonah, and other tales (1967) (written by Jan Wahl)
- One Monday Morning (1967)
- The Silkspinners (1967) (written by Jean Russell Larson)
- My Kind of Verse (1968) (edited by John Smith)
- The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (book) (1969) (written by Arthur Ransome)
- Rain Rain Rivers (1969)
- The Wonderful Kite (1970) (written by Jan Wahl)
- Oh What a Noise! (1971) (written by William Brighty Rands)
- Soldier and Tsar in the Forest (1972) (written by A N Afanasʹev)
- The Magician (1973) (adapted from the Yiddish of Isaac Leib Peretz)
- The Fools of Chelm and Their History (1973) (written by Isaac Bashevis Singer)
- Dawn (1974)
- The Touchstone (1976) (written by Robert Louis Stevenson)
- The Treasure (1978)
- Hanukah Money (1978) (written by Sholem Aleichem)
- The Lost Kingdom of Karnica (1979) (written by Richard Kennedy) ISBN: 0-684-16164-8
- The Golem (1982) (written by Isaac Bashevis Singer)
- Writing With Pictures (1985)
- The Strange and Exciting Adventures of Jeremiah Hush (1986)
- Toddlecreek Post Office (1990)
- The Diamond Tree (1991) (written by Howard Schwartz and Barbara Rush)
- The Secret Room (1993)
- The Golden Goose (1995) (adapted from the Brothers Grimm)
- Hosni the Dreamer (1997) (written by Ehud Ben-ʻEzer)
- Snow (1998)
- What Is a Wise Bird Like You Doing in a Silly Tale Like This (2000)
- Daughters of Fire (2001) (written by Fran Manushkin)
- The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela (2005)
- SoSleepyStory (2006)
- How I Learned Geography (2008)
- When I Wore My Sailor Suit (2009)
- Dusk (2013)
- Troto and the Trucks (2015)
- Chance (2020)
Awards and Honors
Uri Shulevitz received many important awards for his work. These awards show how much people loved his books and illustrations.
- 1969: Caldecott Medal for The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
- 1980: Caldecott Honor for The Treasure
- 1999: Charlotte Zolotow Award for Snow
- 1999: Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration for Snow
- 1999: Caldecott Honor for Snow
- 2005: National Jewish Book Award in the Illustrated Children's Book category for The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela
- 2009: Caldecott Honor for How I Learned Geography
