James Stevenson

(1929-07-11)July 11, 1929

New York City, New York, U.S.

February 17, 2017(2017-02-17) (aged 87)

Cos Cob, Connecticut, U.S.

Yale University
Hackley School

Cartoonist, illustrator, writer

The New Yorker (1956–2017)

Josephine Merck (1993–2017)
Jane Walker

Charles, Sucie, James, Walker, Harvey, Peter, Jane, Edwina, Emily[1]

Harvey Stevenson
Winifred (Worcester) Stevenson

Biography[edit]

James Stevenson was born in New York City and educated at Yale University, where he was the feature editor of campus humor magazine The Yale Record.[3]


He contributed his first cartoon to The New Yorker on March 10, 1956.[4]


James Stevenson wrote and illustrated his first book Walker, the Witch, and the Striped Flying Saucer in 1969. He had previously illustrated the children's book If I Owned a Candy Factory (1968) written by his then eight-year-old son, James Walker Stevenson.

Could Be Worse! (1977) - was awarded the ' "Outstanding Children's Book of the Year", and School Library Journal's "Best Books for Spring"

New York Times

The Sea View Hotel (1978) -

ALA Notable Book

Monty (1979) - School Library Journal's "Best Books for Spring"

Fast Friends: Two Stories (1979) - ALA's Notable Book designation

The Worst Person in the World (1979) - Children's Choice Award ()

International Reading Association

Howard (1980) - New York Times' "Best Illustrated Book" and New York Times' "Outstanding Book"

That Terrible Halloween Night (1980) - ALA's Notable Book designation and Children's Choice Award (International Reading Association)

The Wish Card Ran Out! (1981) - School Library Journal's Best Books of 1981

The Night after Christmas (1982) - Children's Choice Award (International Reading Association) and /Horn Book honor list

Boston Globe

We Can't Sleep (1982) -

Christopher Award

Oliver, Clarence, and Violet (1982) -

Parents' Choice Award

What's Under My Bed? (1983) - Boston Globe/Horn Book's honor list, ALA's Notable Book designation, and School Library Journal's Best Books of 1983

Grandpa's Great City Tour: An Alphabet Book (1982) - Garden State Children's Book Award ()

New Jersey Library Association

Higher on the Door (1987) - Parents' Choice designation and award

Redbook

Georgia Music (1987) - Boston Globe/Horn Book honor list

Granddaddy's Place (1987) - Parents' Choice Picture Book award

The Supreme Souvenir Factory (1989) - Children's Choice Award (International Reading Association)

Oh No, It's Waylon's Birthday! (1990) - Children's Choice Award (International Reading Association)

Something Big Has Been Here (1992) - Kentucky Bluegrass Award

Don't You Know There's a War On? (1992) - Parents' Choice Picture Book award

Walker, the Witch, and the Striped Flying Saucer

If I Owned a Candy Factory

Just Around the Corner

Lost and Found New York: Oddballs, Heroes, Heartbreakers, Scoundrels, Thugs, Mayors, and Mysteries

Rolling Rose

Here Comes Herb's Hurricane (1973)

That's Exactly the Way It Wasn't

Monty

No Need for Monty

Howard

The Most Amazing Dinosaur

Clams Can't Sing (1980)

A Village Full of Valentines (1995)

The Castaway (2002)

at Answers.com (Gale Biographies of Children's Authors)

Biography and bibliography

at Library of Congress, with 144 library catalog records

James Stevenson