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His only duty is the duty of all art: to trap, as the Chinese philosopher Lu Chui put it, to trap heaven and earth in the cage of form. The timing was fortuitous because the demand for children’s books was probably not strong during the abysmal economic depression of the 1930’s. Here is the list, among others, of some of the available De Jong books: “A Horse Came Running”, “Easter Cat”, “Smoke above the Lane”, “The Tower by the Sea”, “Dirk’s Dog, Bello”, “Puppy Summer”, “Nobody Plays with a Cabbage”, “The Little Cow and the Turtle”, “The Singing Hill”, and “Good Luck Days”.
Meindert De Jong was born in Wierum, in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands, on March 4, 1906.
IBBY. International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). He attended Christian secondary schools and Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and entered the University of Chicago, but left without graduating.He held various jobs during the Great Depression, and it was at the suggestion of a local librarian that he began writing children's books.
He did not start writing books until he was 32 years old. In 1959, the De Jong book entitled, “Along Came a Dog”, was named a Newbury Honor Book.
The series of honors awarded to De Jong was capped off in 1962, when he was awarded the National Book Award, for his book entitled, “Journey from Peppermint Street”. ALA. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
De Jong attended Dutch Calvinist secondary schools and Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and entered the University of Chicago, but left without graduating. He moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and on 17 November 1978 married Beatrice DeClaire McElwee (d 11/17/1978). In 1968, they moved to Chapel Hill, NC, and in 1973 to Allegan, Michigan.
De Jong’s first book, entitled, “The Big Goose and the Little White Duck”, was published in 1938. In 1989, he married Gwendolyn Jonkman Zandstra. He died in Allegan. But he has to listen to it alone.”
— Vicki Palmquist
During the World War II years, De Jong joined the United States Army Air Corps, and served in China.
American Library Association (ALA).
"The John Newbery Medal". DeJong lived for many years with his wife, Beatrice, at La Colina Cantante, their home outside Chapel Hill, North Carolina. De Jong worked as a college professor, probably as an adjunct professor, as a grave digger, as a mason, as a tin smith, as a sexton in a church, and as a bricklayer.
National Book Foundation. For general information select "Infos zum Preis" or "English key facts".