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(1929-2021) Children’s book author. George Ancona was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Full Name

George Ancona

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child and as a youth, Mr. Ancona lived in Brooklyn, New York, and worked at an amusement park in Coney Island.

Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Ancona studied at the Art Students League and Cooper Union.

1929

BIRTH

George Ancona was born in Brookly, New York, on December 4, 1929.

1962

RESIDENCE

Mr. Ancona lived in Stony Point, New York, from 1962 to 1970.

1974

LITWORK

Monsters on Wheels
Dutton Juvenile
0525351558 / 978-0525351559
Children's book.

1977

LITWORK

I Feel
E. P. Dutton
0525325255 / 978-0525325253
Children's book.

1993

LITWORK

Powwow
Harcourt Brace & Company
0152632689 / 978-0152632687
Children's book.

1994

LITWORK

The Pi��ata Maker / El Pi��atero
Harcourt Brace & Company
0152618759 / 978-0152618759
Children's book.

1995

LITWORK

Ricardo's Day / El Dia De Ricardo
Scholastic
0590292579 / 978-0590292573
Children's book.

1998

LITWORK

Barrio: Jose's Neighborhood
Clarion Books
0152010483 / 978-0152010485
Children's book.

2000

LITWORK

Cuban Kids
Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb
0761450777 / 978-0761450771
Children's book.

2003

LITWORK

Murals: Walls That Sing
Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb
0761451315 / 978-0761451310
Children's book.

2013

LITWORK

It's Our Garden: From Seeds to Harvest in a School Garden
Candlewick Press
0763653926 / 978-0763653927
Children's book.

2015

LITWORK

Can We Help?: Kids Volunteering to Help Their Communities
Candlewick Press
978-0763673673
Children's book.

2021

DEATH

George Ancona died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on January 1, 2021.

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