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(1918-2018) Author. Alice Provensen was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in San Clemente, California. She, along with her husband, Martin Provensen, was a children’s book illustrator and author. They lived in New York City for a time and then moved to a home in the Hudson River Valley.

Full Name

Alice Provensen

Locations

Dutchess

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Alice and Martin Provensen lived for many years at their home, Maple Hill Farm, in Dutchess County, New York.

1918

BIRTH

Alice Provensen was born Alice Rose Twitchell in Chicago, Illinois, on August 14, 1918.

1971

LITWORK

The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales
Random House
0394821211 / 978-0394821214
Children's book written with husband, Martin Provensen.

1974

LITWORK

Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm
Random House
0394821238 / 978-0394821238
Children's book written with husband, Martin Provensen.

1978

LITWORK

The Year at Maple Hill Farm
Atheneum
0224015508 / 978-0590757843
Children's book written with husband, Martin Provensen.

1983

LITWORK

The Glorious Flight: Across The Channel With Louis Bl��riot July 25, 1909
Viking Press
0670342599 / 978-0670342594
Children's book written with husband, Martin Provensen, and winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1984.

1990

LITWORK

The Buck Stops Here: The Presidents Of The United States
Harpercollins Childrens Books

Children's book.

1991

LITWORK

Punch in New York
Viking Juvenile
0670827908 / 978-0670827909
Children's book.

1995

LITWORK

My Fellow Americans: A Family Album
HMH Books for Young Readers
0152766421 / 978-0152766429
Children's book.

2001

LITWORK

The Master Swordsman & The Magic Doorway: Two Legends From Ancient China
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
068983232X / 978-0689832321
Children's book.

2003

LITWORK

A Day in the Life of Murphy
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
0689848846 / 978-0689848841
Children's book.

2005

LITWORK

Klondike Gold
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
0689848854 / 978-0689848858
Children's book.

2018

DEATH

Alice Provensen died in San Clemente, California, on April 23, 2018.

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