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"Make Way for Ducklings", published in 1941 , tells of a Mallard family that comes to live in a pond in the Public Garden in the center of Boston, Massachusetts , and how a friendly policeman stops traffic when the mother takes her eight ducklings across the street. This story has become an institution in Boston, and, in 2003 , it was named the official children's book of Massachusetts . In 1987 , sculptor Nancy Schon created a bronze version of Mrs. Mallard and the ducklings in the Public Garden, which are climbed on by thousands of children every year. The park is also the site of an annual "Make Way for Ducklings" parade on Mother's Day , featuring hundreds of children dressed in the costumes of their favorite characters. Many of McCloskey's books were set on the Maine coast, including '' One Morning In Maine '' and '' Burt Dow, Deep Water-man ''. McCloskey was also the author and illustrator of the '' Homer Price '' stories, featuring a boy in a small Midwestern city whose curiosity and ingenuity leads him to foil bank robbers, find the world's largest weed, and repair a doughnut machine so well that it can't be shut off. BIOGRAPHY Born in Hamilton, Ohio , McCloskey came to Boston after winning a scholarship to the Vesper George Art School in Boston in 1932 . He often told reporters that when he returned to Boston several years later, he spotted a family of ducks amid traffic near Charles Street, an image that he tucked away in his mind. During World War II , he married Margaret (Peggy) Durand, daughter of children's author Ruth Sawyer . They had two daughters, Sarah and Jane, and settled in New York City , spending summers on Scott Island, Maine; this was the setting for his Caldecott Honor book, '' Blueberries For Sal '', whose characters little Sal and her mother are reputed to be based on McCloskey's wife and eldest daughter Sarah. McCloskey's wife Peggy died in 1991 . Twelve years later, in 2003 , McCloskey died at his home in Deer Isle, Maine , at the age of eighty-eight. He was survived by his two daughters and by two grandchildren, Samantha and Seth. Marc Simont , another Caldecott Medal winner, said of McCloskey in a Horn Book Magazine article:
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