Molly Garrett Bang (born December 29, 1943) is an American illustrator. For her illustration of children's books she has been a runner-up for the American

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three times and for the British

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once. Announced June 2015, her 1996 picture book ''Goose'' is the 2016 Phoenix Picture Book Award winner – that is, named by the

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the best English-language children's

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that did not win a major award when it was published twenty years earlier.

Biography

Bang was born in

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to illustrator Betsy Bang and medical researcher Fred Bang. Her education includes attendance at Wellesley College, reception of a Master of Arts degree from the

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(1969) and

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(1970). Bang began writing children's books after a failed stint as a reporter for ''

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''. At first illustrating folk tales, she turned eventually to her own stories. The ability to carry emotion in pictures is of particular interest to her; her one book for adults, ''Picture This'' (1991) is specifically about the practical ways pictures work. Her wordless picture book ''The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher'' is notable for its use of negative space and the way Bang contrasts bright colors against grey. In the 2000s, Bang and her daughter Monika Bang-Campbell collaborated as illustrator and writer to create three picture books featuring Little Rat, a girl rat who learns with courage or practice to sail, to ride a horse, and to play the violin. Bang lives in

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, previously she resided in

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Books

As writer or editor and illustrator

*''The Goblins Giggle'', And Other Stories (1973) *''Men From The Village Deep In The Mountains and Other Japanese Folk Tales'' (1973) *''Wiley And The Hairy Man: Adapted From An American Folktale'' (1976) *''The Buried Moon And Other Stories'' (1977) *'' The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher'' (1980) *''Tye May And The Magic Brush'' (1981) *''Yellow Ball'' (1991) *''

Ten, Nine, Eight ''Ten, Nine, Eight'' is a children's picture book by Molly Bang, published in 1983 by Greenwillow Books. It is a countdown from ten to one by a little girl who is getting ready for bed. Barney the Dinosaur reads it in the ''Barney & Friends'' epis ...

'' (1983), a counting book *''Dawn'' (1983, reissued 2002) *''The Paper Crane'' (1985) *''Delphine'' (1988) *''Picture This: Perception & Composition'', foreword By

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(1991); revised as ''Picture This: How Pictures Work'' (2000) *''One Fall Day'' (1994) *''Chattanooga Sludge'' (1996) *''Goose'' (1996) *''Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share'' (1997) *''When Sophie Gets Angry—Really, Really Angry ...'' (1999) *''Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight To Save The Bays'' (2000) *''Tiger's Fall'' (2001) *''My Light'' (2004) *''In My Heart'' (2005) *''Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring The Earth To Life'' (2009), by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm *''All of Me! A Book of Thanks'' (2009) *''When Sophie’s Feelings Are Really Really Hurt'' (2015) *''When Sophie Thinks She Can’t'' (2018)

As illustrator only

* ''The Old Woman And The Red Pumpkin; a Bengali Folk Tale'', translated and adapted by Betsy Bang (1975) * ''The Old Woman And The Rice Thief'', adapted from a Bengali folktale by Betsy Bang (1978) * ''Tuntuni, The Tailor Bird'', adapted from a Bengali Folktale by Betsy Bang (1978) * ''The Demons Of Rajpur: Five Tales From Bengal'', translated and adapted by Betsy Bang (1980) * ''David's Landing'', by Judith Benét Richardson (1984) * ''Red Dragonfly On My Shoulder: Haiku'', translated by Sylvia Cassedy and Kunihiro Suetake (1992) * ''From Sea To Shining Sea: A Treasury Of American Folklore and Folk Songs'', compiled by Amy L. Cohn; illustrated by eleven Caldecott Medal and four Caldecott Honor Book artists (1993) * ''Little Rat Sets Sail'', by Monika Bang-Campbell (Harcourt, 2002) – first of three "easy-reader collaborations" by mother and daughterPublisher Synopsis
"Little Rat makes music"
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. Retrieved 2015-09-13. * ''Little Rat Rides'', by Monika Bang-Campbell 2004) * ''Little Rat Makes Music'', by Monika Bang-Campbell (2004) * ''Old Mother Bear'', by Victoria Miles (2007) * ''Harley'', by Star Livingstone

Awards and honors

* ''The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher'' (1980) —

Honor Book, Aesop Award, Agatha Award Finalist,

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Notable Children's Books, Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, Bay Area Book Reviewers Association Award,

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Editors' Choice,

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* ''Ten, Nine, Eight'' (1983) — U.S. Caldecott Honor Book; U.K.

commended runner-up * ''The Paper Crane''. (1987)

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, illustration award, International Board on Books for Young People * ''Goose''. (1996)

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Best Book, 2016 Phoenix Picture Book Award"Phoenix Picture Book Award"
. Children's Literature Association (childlitassn.org). June 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-11. * ''Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share''. (1998) Giverny Book Award * ''When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry''. (1999) Caldecott Honor Book, Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Honor Award, Arbuthnot Award,

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* ''My Light''. ALA Notable book.

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*''When Sophie Thinks She Can’t,'' 2021 Mathical Honors

References

External links

* with biography *
Monika Bang-Campbell
at LC Authorities, with 3 records {{DEFAULTSORT:Bang, Molly 1943 births Living people American children's writers American children's book illustrators Writers from Massachusetts Wellesley College alumni American women illustrators Artists from Princeton, New Jersey University of Arizona alumni Harvard University alumni 21st-century American women