George Ancona

George Ancona (December 4, 1929 – January 1, 2021) was an American photo essayist and creator of photo-illustrated children's picture books. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, the son of immigrants from Mexico. that won a Cine Golden Eagle Award in 1967. I Feel, E.P. Dutton, 1977 Growing Older, E. P. Dutton, 1978 Turtle Watch, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1990 Powwow, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993 Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/HarperCollins, 1993 The Piñata Maker, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994 The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home, Macmillan/Simon & Schuster, 1994 Earth Daughter, Simon & Schuster, 1995 Mayeros: A Yucatec Maya Family, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/HarperCollins, 1997 Barrio: José’s Neighborhood, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998 Murals: Walls That Sing, Marshall Cavendish, 2003 It’s Our Garden: From Seeds to Harvest in a School Garden, Candlewick Press, 2013 Can We Help? Kids Volunteering to Help Their Communities, Candlewick Press, 2015

Bibliographical Resources https://faculty.ucmerced.edu/mmartin-rodriguez/index_files/vhAnconaGeorge.htm

Select awards and honors

1967, Cine Golden Eagle Award for the film, Reflections: the imagery of Paul Hultberg enamelist 1974, AIGA Best Children's Science Book Award, Monsters on Wheels 1978, Babbling Bookworm Fabulous Book Award, Growing Older 1978, N.Y. Art Directors Club Award, I Feel 1988, New York Academy of Sciences for Children's Science Book Award, Turtle Watch 1993, New York Public Library Children's Book List 100 Titles, Powwow 1994, Parents Choice, Texas Library Association Blue Bonnet Award, The Piñata Maker 1994, Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children, The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home 1995, National Science Teachers Association & Children's Book Council, The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home 1995, American Booksellers Association Pick of the List, Earth Daughter 1997, Children's Book Council, Notable Children's Books in Social Studies, Mayeros 2000, Pura Belpré Honor Book, Barrio 2003, Americas Award Commended Book, Murals 2014, Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts, City of Santa Fe Arts Commission 2014, AAAS/Subaru Science Books and Films Prize for Excellence in Science Books, It's Our Garden 2014, International Latino Book Awards: Best Children's Nonfiction Picture Book category, It's Our Garden 2016/17, Carol D. Reiser Children's Book Award, Can We Help?, The Corporate Volunteer Council of Atlanta 1996, Pura Belpré Honor Book, Pablo Remembers