![]() ![]() The two books are unrelated except for Peck’s elaborate mouse society which has the same charm as The Borrowers or The Littles. I thoroughly enjoyed Peck’s first mouse characters in Secrets at Sea, so I looked forward to meeting more whiskered characters in this new book. He received his highest praise for "A Year Down Yonder," set in rural Illinois during the Great Depression and winner of the John Newbery Medal in 2001 for the year's best children's book.Ī year later, he became the first children's writer to be given a National Humanities Medal. The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck. The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck. Willing from the start to address social issues, his debut novel "Don't Look and It Won't Hurt" was a story of teen pregnancy later adapted into the acclaimed independent film "Gas Food Lodging." CORAL GABLES, FL - OCTOBER 06: Author Richard Peck greets fans and signs copies of "The Mouse with the Question Mark Tail" at Books and Books on Octoin Coral Gables, Florida. His publisher, Penguin Young Readers, told The Associated Press, that he died after a battle with cancer.Ī native of Decatur, Illinois, and graduate of DePauw University, he was a prolific author who wrote dozens of books, but didn't start until his mid-30s when he decided to quit teaching. Peck died on Wednesday at his home in New York City at age 84. ![]()
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