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  1. Robert Lawson (October 4, 1892 – May 27, 1957) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in They Were Strong and Good in 1941 and the Newbery award for his short story for Rabbit Hill in 1945.

  2. Robert Lawson has 116 books on Goodreads with 293996 ratings. Robert Lawsons most popular book is Rabbit Hill.

  3. Born in New York City, Lawson spent his early life in Montclair, New Jersey. Following high school, he studied art for three years under illustrator Howard Giles (an advocate of dynamic symmetry as conceived by Jay Hambidge) at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (now Parsons School of Design), marrying fellow artist and illustrator ...

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rabbit_HillRabbit Hill - Wikipedia

    Rabbit Hill is a children's novel by Robert Lawson that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1945. In 1954 he wrote a sequel, The Tough Winter.

  5. Looking for books by Robert Lawson? See all books authored by Robert Lawson, including Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos, and Rabbit Hill, and more on ThriftBooks.com.

  6. American author and illustrator, 1892-1957. One of the most prolific and notable figures in Ameri­can children’s literature during the first half of the twen­tieth century, Robert Lawson achieved distinction both as an illustrator and as an author, winning the Caldecott Medal in 1941 for They Were Strong and Good, a picture­book tribute to ...

  7. On my quest to read all the Newbery award winners I have picked up Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson. Published in 1944, in the waning days of World War II, Lawson's seemingly idyllic children's book is obviously a product of that time.

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