About John Schoenherr

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    The following obituary of John Schoenherr was in The New York Times, April 15, 2010. The writer was Margalit Fox.

    John Schoenherr, a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator who for a half-century produced painterly, exquisitely detailed images of creatures from this world and others, died on April 8. He was 74 and lived in Delaware Township, N.J. His death, in a hospital in Easton, Pa., was from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his son, Ian, said.

    A highly regarded nature artist, Mr. Schoenherr illustrated more than 40 children's titles. He won a Caldecott Medal in 1988 for Owl Moon (Philomel, 1987; text by Jane Yolen), the story of a father and daughter who go looking for owls on a cold winte...

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