![]() It has been in print since 1967 and won a Caldecott Medal for illustrator Simms Taback. She also wrote "Too Much Noise," about a farmer's search for serenity in an overcrowded house. First published in 1968, it was reprinted in 1986 with illustrations by Winslow Pinney Pels and has sold millions of copies. ![]() With more than 50 children's titles to her credit, McGovern was known to generations of young readers for her bestselling "Stone Soup," based on a fable about strangers tricked into sharing food. The cause was cancer, said her son, Peter A. ![]() ![]() Ann McGovern, a globe-trotting, scuba-diving children's book author who delved into biography, nature and folklore during a prolific career that produced a number of perennial favorites, died Saturday in New York. ![]()
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