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Bruce McMillan (May 10, 1947- ) is a contemporary American author of children books, photo-illustrator and watercolor artist living in
Katahdin Award
honoring his outstanding body of work of children's literature in Maine. McMillan's watercolor art has been in numerous juried shows in New England and Iceland. Hi
2018 Winter Olympics curling watercolors
were a two-page feature in the Maine ''Sunday Telegram'' Arts Section. His watercolor ''Browns Head Light Vinalhaven'' was Best in Show at the Port Clyde (Maine) Art Gallery Third Annual Invitational 10 x 10 Show in 2017. His watercolors are in private collections in the US, Canada, Iceland, and Switzerland. McMillan's most noted award-winning children's book is ''
The Bruce McMillan Corner
where nine of his original photo-illustrations from ''Grandfather's Trolley'' are on permanent display. McMillan has taught writing, illustrating, and publishing children's picture books for the Professional Development division open to the public at the University of Southern Maine and the University of New Hampshire (where he taught for 40 years), with students successfully published by major US publishers. He has spoken at hundreds of schools and conferences in the US. Several of McMillan's children's books were translated into other languages - Icelandic, German and Korean. Hand-colored original photo-illustrations from ''Grandfather's Trolley'' are in the public collections of the Mazza Collection, University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio,
Springvale (Maine) Public Library
(his adult-years library). "My publishing success with books, creating those playful learning tools for children, as a writer, as a photographer, as a teacher, has its roots in the patient, almost invisible, nurturing from boy to adult of my wise father, Frank Harold McMillan, Jr." -Bruce McMillan, November 7, 2021 Bruce McMillan was twice married, Valeria Therese "Terry" Loughran McMillan, 1968-1985, and Lori Beth Evans, 1997-2001. He has one son, Brett Brownrigg McMillan (1969- ) and two grandsons, Finn (2002- ) and Teague (2004- ).
Bruce McMillan's books web pageBruce McMillan's watercolor blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:McMillan, Bruce Writers from Bangor, Maine Living people 1947 births
Bruce McMillan (May 10, 1947- ) is a contemporary American author of children books, photo-illustrator and watercolor artist living in Shapleigh
Shapleigh, pronounced "SHAP-lee", is a town in York County, Maine, York County, Maine, United States which was incorporated as the state's 43rd town in 1785. The population was 2,921 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Shapleigh is di ...
, Maine
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. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in Bangor, and Kennebunk, Maine
Kennebunk is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 11,536 at the 2020 census (The population does not include Kennebunkport, a separate town). Kennebunk is home to several beaches, the Rachel Carson National Wildlife R ...
. He received a degree in biology from the University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universities, flagshi ...
."Natural Story Teller", ''Bangor Daily News'', Nov. 3, 2001 In addition to his 45 children's books, seven of them set in Iceland, he has authored two books of humor, ''Punography'', featured in ''Life'' magazine, and ''Punography Too''. His interest in biology is often reflected in his books' topics. He has published three genres of children's picture books - concept books, nonfiction, and fiction. In 2006, he was honored by the Maine Library Association with thKatahdin Award
honoring his outstanding body of work of children's literature in Maine. McMillan's watercolor art has been in numerous juried shows in New England and Iceland. Hi
2018 Winter Olympics curling watercolors
were a two-page feature in the Maine ''Sunday Telegram'' Arts Section. His watercolor ''Browns Head Light Vinalhaven'' was Best in Show at the Port Clyde (Maine) Art Gallery Third Annual Invitational 10 x 10 Show in 2017. His watercolors are in private collections in the US, Canada, Iceland, and Switzerland. McMillan's most noted award-winning children's book is ''
Nights of the Pufflings
''Nights of the Pufflings'' (Houghton Mifflin, 1995) is the thirty-second, and most honored, of the forty-five children's book by Bruce McMillan. It was photo-illustrated by the author on Heimaey island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the s ...
'' (1995), set on the Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
ic island of Heimaey
Heimaey (), is an Icelandic island. At , it is the largest island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago, and the largest and most populated island off the Icelandic coast. Heimaey is off the south coast of Iceland. It is the only populated isla ...
. The story introduces a local children's tradition of rescuing young birds, pufflings (a name he coined), which take their first flight on August nights, some stranded in the village streets. The children then set them free at the beach at daytime. His books were the first photo-illustrated children's books ever featured on the covers of ''The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books'' (''Nights of the Pufflings''), The Horn Book Guide (''Nights of the Pufflings''), and ''Booklinks'' magazine (''Mary Had a Little Lamb'').
McMillan was honored with a permanent corner in the Springvale (Maine) Public Library's Children's RoomThe Bruce McMillan Corner
where nine of his original photo-illustrations from ''Grandfather's Trolley'' are on permanent display. McMillan has taught writing, illustrating, and publishing children's picture books for the Professional Development division open to the public at the University of Southern Maine and the University of New Hampshire (where he taught for 40 years), with students successfully published by major US publishers. He has spoken at hundreds of schools and conferences in the US. Several of McMillan's children's books were translated into other languages - Icelandic, German and Korean. Hand-colored original photo-illustrations from ''Grandfather's Trolley'' are in the public collections of the Mazza Collection, University of Findlay, Findlay, Ohio,
Keene State
Keene State College is a public liberal arts college in Keene, New Hampshire. It is part of the University System of New Hampshire and the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Founded in 1909 as a teacher's college (originally, Keene Norm ...
College original children's art collection, Keene, New Hampshire, the Kennebunk Free Library, Kennebunk, Maine (his teen-years library), and thSpringvale (Maine) Public Library
(his adult-years library). "My publishing success with books, creating those playful learning tools for children, as a writer, as a photographer, as a teacher, has its roots in the patient, almost invisible, nurturing from boy to adult of my wise father, Frank Harold McMillan, Jr." -Bruce McMillan, November 7, 2021 Bruce McMillan was twice married, Valeria Therese "Terry" Loughran McMillan, 1968-1985, and Lori Beth Evans, 1997-2001. He has one son, Brett Brownrigg McMillan (1969- ) and two grandsons, Finn (2002- ) and Teague (2004- ).
Children's books
* ''How the Ladies Stopped the Wind'', Houghton Mifflin, 2007 (illustrated by Gunnella) * ''The Problem with Chickens'', Houghton Mifflin, Salka, 2005 (illustrated by Gunnella) * ''Going Fishing'', Houghton Mifflin, Salka, 2005 * ''Days of the Ducklings'', Houghton Mifflin, 2001 * ''Gletta the Foal'', Cavendish, 1998 * ''Salmon Summer'', Houghton Mifflin, 1998 * ''Wild Flamingos'', Houghton Mifflin, 1997 * ''My Horse of the North'', Scholastic, 1997 * ''The Picture that Mom Drew'', Walker, 1997 - by Mallat and McMillan * ''Jelly Beans for Sale'', Scholastic, 1996 * ''Grandfather's Trolley'', Candlewick, 1995 * ''Summer Ice: Life along the Antarctic Peninsula'', Houghton Mifflin, 1995 * ''Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme'', Harcourt, 1995 * ''Nights of the Pufflings
''Nights of the Pufflings'' (Houghton Mifflin, 1995) is the thirty-second, and most honored, of the forty-five children's book by Bruce McMillan. It was photo-illustrated by the author on Heimaey island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the s ...
'', Houghton Mifflin, 1995
* ''Sense Suspense: A Guessing Game for the Five Senses'', Scholastic, 1994
* ''Penguins at Home: Gentoos of Antarctica'', Houghton Mifflin, 1993
* ''A Beach for the Birds''. Houghton Mifflin, 1993
* ''Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw '', Holiday House, 1993
* ''Going on a Whale Watch'', Scholastic, 1992
* ''Beach Ball - Left Right'', Holiday House, 1992 and Apple Island Books, 1998
* ''The Baby Zoo'', Scholastic, 1992 and Apple Island Books, 1998
* ''Eating Fractions'', Scholastic, 1991
* ''Play Day: A Book of Terse Verse'', Holiday House, 1991 and Apple Island Books, 1998
* ''The Weather Sky'', Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1991
* ''One Two One Pair!'', Scholastic, 1991 and Apple Island Books
* ''Mary Had a Little Lamb'', Scholastic, 1990 and Apple Island Books, 1998
* ''One Sun: A Book of Terse Verse'', Holiday House, 1990 and Apple Island Books, 1998
* ''Time To...'', Scholastic, 1989
* ''Everything Grows'', Crown, 1989
* ''Super, Super, Superwords'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1989
* ''Fire Engine Shapes'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1988
* ''Growing Colors'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1988 and Apple Island Books
* ''Dry or Wet?'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1988
* ''Step by Step'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1987 and Apple Island Books, 1995
* ''Becca Backward, Becca Frontward: A Book of Concept Pairs'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1986
* ''Counting Wildflowers'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1986
* ''Kitten Can...'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1984
* ''Here a Chick, There a Chick'', Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1983
* ''Ghost Doll'', Houghton Mifflin, 1983 and Apple Island Books, 1997
* ''Puniddles'', Houghton Mifflin, 1982
* ''Making Sneakers'', Houghton Mifflin, 1980
* ''Apples: How They Grow'', Houghton Mifflin, 1979 and Apple Island Books
* ''The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle'', Houghton Mifflin, 1978 and Apple Island Books, 1978
* ''The Alphabet Symphony'', Greenwillow, 1977 and Apple Island Books, 1978
* ''Finestkind o' Day: Lobstering in Maine'', Lippincott, 1977 and DownEast, 1978
Humor books
*''Punography Too'', Penguin Books, 1980 *''Punography'', Penguin Books, 1978Icelandic books (published in Iceland)
*''Puffins from the Other Side of Iceland'', Salka, 2006 *''Postcards from the Other Side of Iceland: Where the Grass is Greener,'' Salka, 2006Children's book awards
References
External links
Bruce McMillan's books web page
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