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Nonny Hogrogian (1932–2024)

Author of One Fine Day

21+ Works 2,154 Members 127 Reviews 1 Favorited

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

One Fine Day (1971) 1,619 copies, 108 reviews
Billy Goat and His Well-fed Friends (1972) 122 copies, 1 review
The Contest (1976) 82 copies, 2 reviews
Cool Cat (2009) 73 copies, 10 reviews
Noah's Ark (1986) 42 copies
The First Christmas (1995) 35 copies, 1 review
Cinderella (1981) 19 copies
The Cat Who Loved to Sing (1988) 19 copies, 2 reviews
The Glass Mountain (1985) 18 copies
Apples (1972) 13 copies
Carrot Cake (1977) 12 copies
Rooster Brother (1974) 9 copies, 2 reviews

Associated Works

Always Room for One More (1965) — Illustrator — 1,164 copies, 30 reviews
The Day Boy and the Night Girl (1882) — Illustrator, some editions — 171 copies, 4 reviews
The Fearsome Inn (1967) 108 copies, 3 reviews
Tikvah: Children's Book Creators Reflect on Human Rights (2001) — Contributor — 64 copies, 1 review
Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland (1969) — Illustrator, some editions — 58 copies
Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Greece (1970) — Illustrator, some editions — 58 copies, 2 reviews
Arbor Day (1965) — Illustrator — 23 copies, 1 review
Poems of Stephen Crane (1966) — Illustrator, some editions — 21 copies, 2 reviews
Hand in Hand We'll Go: Ten Poems by Robert Burns (1965) — Illustrator, some editions — 10 copies, 1 review
Paz (1971) — Illustrator — 4 copies, 1 review
The three sparrows, and other nursery poems (1977) — Illustrator, some editions — 3 copies
Scottish Ghosts (1974) — Illustrator — 3 copies
King of the Kerry Fair (1960) — Illustrator — 1 copy

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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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1972 Caldecott Medal Winner

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)
 
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word.owl | 107 other reviews | Nov 12, 2024 |
In this book, a fox loses his tail and has to go on a big journey to get it back. It's a bit long and complicated, so it's better for older kids in elementary school. They might like the story, but it's best for those who can understand the challenges the fox faces.
 
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rachel.noordam | 107 other reviews | Apr 17, 2024 |
"One fine day a fox traveled through the great forest. When he reached the other side he was very thirsty." The jaunty red fox stole milk from an old farm woman, lost his tail under the annoyed woman's knife, and spent the day bargaining to get it back. This retelling of a favorite Armenian folktale is a story small children will follow and "read along" with ease.
 
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PlumfieldCH | 107 other reviews | Nov 29, 2023 |
A long-winded book about what a fox needs to do to get his tail back.
 
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SamT24 | 107 other reviews | Jan 19, 2022 |

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Works
21
Also by
13
Members
2,154
Popularity
#11,932
Rating
3.8
Reviews
127
ISBNs
80
Languages
6
Favorited
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