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Reynold Ruffins (1930–2021)

Author of My Brother Never Feeds the Cat

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout (1998) — Illustrator — 757 copies, 18 reviews
The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story (2000) — Illustrator — 270 copies, 25 reviews
Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa (1994) — Illustrator — 195 copies, 2 reviews
Running the Road to ABC (1996) — Illustrator — 162 copies, 3 reviews
Marco's Run (2001) — Illustrator — 115 copies
A Friend for King Amadou (2006) — Illustrator — 82 copies, 1 review
The Unobstructed Universe (1959) — Cover designer, some editions — 71 copies
Carnival (1992) — Illustrator — 54 copies, 3 reviews
Camels: Ships of the Desert (1974) — Illustrator — 31 copies
The Code and Cipher Book (1975) — Illustrator — 26 copies
Cheesecake: Thirty-One Fantastic Recipes (1993) — Illustrator — 22 copies
Koi and the Kola Nuts (1992) — Illustrator — 22 copies
Light the Candles! Beat the Drums!: A Book of Holidays (1979) — Illustrator — 20 copies
What?: A Riddle Book (1974) — Illustrator — 17 copies, 1 review
Words: A Book about the Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases (1981) — Illustrator — 17 copies
Horse and Toad: A Folktale From Haiti (1993) — Illustrator — 14 copies
Space: A Fact and Riddle Book (1978) — Illustrator — 10 copies
A Great Bicycle Book (1973) — Illustrator — 9 copies
A Great Aquarium Book (1977) — Illustrator — 7 copies
Light and Darkness (1975) — Illustrator — 7 copies
Take Warning: A Book of Superstitions (1978) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Giants!: A Riddle Book and Mr. Bigperson's Side: A Story Book (1977) — Illustrator — 6 copies
Riddle by the River (1994) — Illustrator — 4 copies
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 — Contributor — 2 copies

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Legal name
Ruffins, Reynold Dash
Birthdate
1930-08-05
Date of death
2021-07-11
Gender
male
Education
High School of Music and Art
Cooper Union
Occupations
painter
book illustrator
graphic designer
art teacher
Organizations
Push Pin Studios (co-founder)
The Urbanite magazine
Ruffins/Taback Inc.
Cardtricks
Queens College
Awards and honors
Augustus St. Gaudens Award
Silver Medal - Society of Illustrators
Coretta Scott King Honor for Illustration
Relationships
Chwast, Seymour (business partner)
Glaser, Milton (business partner)
Sorel, Edward (business partner)
Taback, Simms (business partner)
Short biography
Reynold Ruffins was an African-American painter, illustrator and graphic designer. Born in 1930 in New York City, he was educated at the High School of Music & Art and at Cooper Union. In 1954, he co-founded Push Pin Studios with fellow Cooper graduates Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel, and Seymour Chwast. In 1963, after leaving Push Pin, Ruffins founded another design studio with Simms Taback, a partnership which lasted for more than thirty years. Ruffins entered the field of children's book illustration in 1969, and illustrated more than twenty books for children. He received a number of awards for his illustrations, including a Coretta Scott King Honor for Running the Road to ABC.
Cause of death
cardiac arrest
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Queens, New York, USA
Places of residence
Sag Harbor, New York, USA
Place of death
Sag Harbor, New York, USA
Associated Place (for map)
New York, USA

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