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Jerry Pinkney, who lives in Croton-on-Hudson, turns 76 Tuesday.
Pinkney, an illustrator of children's books, was born Dec. 22, 1939, in Philadelphia. He won the 2010 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Lion & the Mouse, a version of Aesop's fable he also wrote. He also has five Caldecott Honors. He has five Coretta Scott King Awards, four New York Times Best Illustrated Awards (most recently in 2006 for Little Red Hen), four Gold and four Silver medals from the Society of Illustrators, and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (John Henry, 1994). In 2000, he was given the Virginia Hamilton Literary award from Kent State University and, in 2004, the University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for outstanding contributions in the field of children’s literature.
For his contribution as a children's illustrator, Pinkney was U.S. nominee in 1998 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books.
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