November 14, 1907 - October 3, 2003
American cartoonist, sculpture and author & illustrator of children's books
Author and illustrator of "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" (for which he won the Caldecott Medal in 1969), "Amos & Boris", "Abel's Island" (for which he won a Newbery Honor in 1977) and "Shrek!"