Molly Bang - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	29-December-1943
Place of Birth	Princeton (Mercer County, New Jersey, United States of America)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Molly Garrett Bang
Profession	Writer, Author, Illustrator
Molly Garrett Bang is an American illustrator, born in Princeton, New Jersey. She lives in California, after having lived for some time in Massachusetts. For illustrated children's books she has been a runner-up for the American Caldecott Medal three times and for the British Greenaway Medal once. Bang began writing children's books after a failed stint as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. At first illustrating folk tales, she turned eventually to her own stories, which carry an emotional intensity rare in children's illustration. The ability to carry emotion in pictures is of particular interest to her; her one book for adults, Picture This 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.

Awards by Molly Bang

Check all the awards nominated and won by Molly Bang.

2000

Caldecott Medal

Honored for : When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry...

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Caldecott Medal	When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry...
Jane Addams Chldren's Book Awards for Picture Book	When Sophie Gets Angry--Really, Really Angry...

1984

Caldecott Medal

Honored for : Ten, Nine, Eight

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Caldecott Medal	Ten, Nine, Eight

1981

Caldecott Medal

Honored for : The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Caldecott Medal	The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher

1977

Nominations 1977 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile	Wiley and the Hairy Man

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