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Elizabeth Orton Jones

American · b. 1910

1 award win

Award History

AwardYearBookStatus
Caldecott Medal1945Prayer for a ChildWinner

Award-Winning Books

About Elizabeth Orton Jones

Elizabeth Orton Jones (1910–2005) was an American author and illustrator of children's books, best known for her Caldecott Medal-winning illustrations in Prayer for a Child (1945) and Caldecott Honor for Small Rain: Verses from the Bible (1944), as well as her own stories like Twig and Big Susan.

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