Nonny Hogrogian (1932–2024)
Author of One Fine Day
About the Author
Illustrator and author Nonny Hogrogian was born in New York City on May 7, 1932. She received a Bachelors degree in fine arts from Hunter College in 1953 and studied woodcutting at the New School of Social Research in 1957. Since illustrating her first book in 1960, she has split her time between show more freelance illustration and working as a designer for the children's books at Holt, Rinehart and Winston and then Charles Scribner's Sons. She received a Caldecott medal for Always Room for One More in 1966 and One Fine Day in 1972. Her book, The Contest, was named a Caldecott Honor Book. She married poet David Kherdian in 1971 and she occasionally illustrates some of his works. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Nonny Hogrogian
Då räven miste sin svans 1 copy
Associated Works
Hand in Hand We'll Go: Ten Poems by Robert Burns (1965) — Illustrator, some editions — 10 copies, 1 review
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- Legal name
- Hogrogian, May
- Birthdate
- 1932-05-07
- Date of death
- 2024-05-09
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bronx, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
- Cause of death
- cancer
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- Hunter College (BA|Art)
- Occupations
- artist
illustrator
children's book author
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- Popularity
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- ISBNs
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At least two kinds of paint and I think crayon were used in the illustrations for this book. Lots of oranges, yellows, greens, brown and purple. Pretty charming and pastoral.
A fox drinks an old woman's bucket of milk, and she punishes him by cutting off his tale. She says she will sew it back on if he gives her back some milk. So off he goes, but the cow wants some grass before she'll give him milk, the grass wants some water before he can have some of it, etc. A fun cumulative story. Eventually the fox gets his tail back.… (more)