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Letter from Robert McCloskey to Mrs. Howie, dated February 25, 1956
No full textTyped letter addressed to Mrs. Howie in which the author expressed mortification in hearing that he had not sent anything to her library. Signed Robert McCloskey
Letter from Robert McCloskey to Mrs. Howie, dated February 25, 1956
No full textTyped letter addressed to Mrs. Howie in which the author expressed mortification in hearing that he had not sent anything to her library. Signed Robert McCloskey
Letter from Robert McCloskey to Mrs. Howie, dated September 26, 1955
No full textTyped letter addressed to Mrs. Howie in which the author expresses greetings to the boys and girls of Greenville Elementary School. This letter includes an illustration of a duck. Signed Robert McCloskey
Letter from Robert McCloskey to Mrs. Howie, dated September 26, 1955
No full textTyped letter addressed to Mrs. Howie in which the author expresses greetings to the boys and girls of Greenville Elementary School. This letter includes an illustration of a duck. Signed Robert McCloskey
Sal and Jane, daughters of author-illustrator Robert McCloskey, were featured in
No full textSal and Jane, daughters of author-illustrator Robert McCloskey, were featured in his books, Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Time of Wonder, and lived on the family-owned island. Sal and her father now own the island, and Jane was given her parents\u27 Deer Isle home, which she sold. She and Sal, a real estate lawyer, work on their East Penobscot Bay Environmental Alliance, organizing opposition to fish farming. Robert McCloskey, 88 and widowed, lives in an assisted living facility in Blue Hill
Making the Grade in Memphis
No full textCatholic schools achieved the greatest social transformation in American history, pulling impoverished Irish immigrants out of the underclass and into the working and middle classes, writes Patrick McCloskey, author of The Street Stops Here —an account of a year in the life of a Catholic school in Harlem. These schools now provide a lifeline for disadvantaged, non-Catholic minorities in urban America, boosting graduation and college acceptance rates, and outperforming many equivalent public schools. But they are also disappearing from the very neighborhoods that need them most. McCloskey reports on how one diocese has bucked the trend, what it means to one family, and what it could mean for America
Roseland Reads Together, Sign, Roseland Free Public Library (Roseland, N.J.), 2002
No full textAlbum chronicling the 30th Anniversary of the Roseland Library's Incorporation. The event was commemorated by a Borough-Wide reading activity. All families were invited to read the same book, "Homer Price" by Robert McCloskey. The festivities on May 11, 2002 at the Library included events from the stories in "Homer Price." A Proclamation from the Mayor regarding this event is issued dated April 23, 2002
Roseland Reads Together, Sign, Roseland Free Public Library (Roseland, N.J.), 2002
No full textAlbum chronicling the 30th Anniversary of the Roseland Library's Incorporation. The event was commemorated by a Borough-Wide reading activity. All families were invited to read the same book, "Homer Price" by Robert McCloskey. The festivities on May 11, 2002 at the Library included events from the stories in "Homer Price." A Proclamation from the Mayor regarding this event is issued dated April 23, 2002
Labor Saving Devices, inspired by Homer Price," Display, Roseland Free Public Library (Roseland, N.J.)
No full textAlbum chronicling the 30th Anniversary of the Roseland Library's Incorporation. The event was commemorated by a Borough-Wide reading activity. All families were invited to read the same book, "Homer Price" by Robert McCloskey. The festivities on May 11, 2002 at the Library included events from the stories in "Homer Price." A Proclamation from the Mayor regarding this event is issued dated April 23, 2002
Roseland Reads Together, Roseland Free Public Library (Roseland, N.J.), 2002
No full textAlbum chronicling the 30th Anniversary of the Roseland Library's Incorporation. The event was commemorated by a Borough-Wide reading activity. All families were invited to read the same book, "Homer Price" by Robert McCloskey. The festivities on May 11, 2002 at the Library included events from the stories in "Homer Price." A Proclamation from the Mayor regarding this event is issued dated April 23, 2002
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