N.M. Bodecker (1922–1988)

Author of Miss Jaster's Garden

Includes the names: N. M. Bodecker, Niels M. Bodecker, Niels Mogens Bodecker

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Works by N.M. Bodecker

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Miss Jaster's Garden 59 copies
Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear 48 copies, 3 reviews
It's Raining, Said John Twaining: Danish Nursery Rhymes 23 copies, 2 reviews
The Mushroom Center Disaster 21 copies, 1 review
Let's marry said the cherry, and other nonsense poems 20 copies
Snowman Sniffles and Other Verse 13 copies
Quimble Wood 12 copies
Pigeon Cubes and Other Verse 10 copies
Water Pennies 9 copies
A Person from Britain and Other Limericks 5 copies
Hurry, Hurry Mary Dear and Other Nonsense Poems 2 copies
The Lost String Quartet 2 copies
Carrot holes and frisbee trees 1 copy

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Little Peewee, or Now Open the Box (Illustrator, some editions) 52 copies

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Bodecker, Niels Mogens

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Denmark (birth)

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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Copenhagen, Denmark

New York, New York, USA

Westport, Connecticut, USA

Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Hancock, New Hampshire, USA

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Magazine illustrator

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Awards and honors

American Library Association Notable Book [1973]

Christopher Award for poetry (1974)

Christopher Award for poetry (1976)

School Library Association Notable Book (1973)

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For many years Mr. Bodecker's illustrations appeared in Harper's magazine, as well as The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire and Holiday

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N.M. Bodecker Papers

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