![]() ![]() Voom! All of a sudden all of this is in front of me and I’m solvent, you know. He went back to Ohio and drew what he’d grown up with. McCloskey then met with a children’s book editor who told him to forget about drawing evil forests and Pegasus and illustrate something he knew. It was the end of the Great Depression, he was broke and he figured his art career was over. ![]() He studied some more in New York, then tried to sell watercolors on Cape Cod for two years. He received a scholarship to attend Vesper George Art School in Boston. Mallard, Quack, Jack or any of the ducklings. The book sold millions of copies and inspired bronze statues in the Public Garden, worn smooth by toddlers sittting dreamy-eyed on Mrs. ![]() Make Way for Ducklings still seems as fresh and uplifting today as it did 73 years ago when it was published. It was only after a children’s book editor told him to draw what he knew that he came up with the idea for a story about a family of ducks finding a safe place to live. He was more interested in drawing mythical figures like dragons and ancient Greek heroes than a family of ducks. He tucked the image in the back of his mind. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey, original cover ![]()
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