Happy 80th, Rocco Negri! (Italian illustrator: "Heracles the Strong" by Ian Serraillier, 1970)

[Lenona]

He lives in Effort, Pennsylvania.

He often does woodcuts.

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/CLRC-1130.xml
Excerpt:

"Born June 26, 1932 in Italy, Negri attended the Aurel Kessler Academy
in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1953-1954 and the Art Students League
in New York from 1959-1960."

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100730/LOCALENT/7300314/-1/rss16
(includes photo from 2010 - he says he's illustrated 23 children's
books)

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1440&bih=683&q=%22rocco+negri%22+books&gbv=2&oq=%22rocco+negri%22+books&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_l=img.3...1015.1015.0.1296.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0.Bck-U5ko_TE
(covers)

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=rocco+negri&pics=on&sortby=7
(covers of 13 titles, in alphabetical order)


Bibliography (this may not be a complete list):

David Livingstone by Kreigh Collins, 1961
Renfroe's Christmas, aka The Christmas Present by Robert Burch, 1968
Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum; Friendly And Funny Giants. by Adrien Stoutenburg,
1969
The Journey Outside / [By] Mary Q. Steele. 1969
Trouble River / Betsy Byars 1969


The False Treaty: The Removal of the Cherokees from Georgia by Anne
Terry White, 1970
The Giant Under the Snow : A Story Of Suspense by John Gordon
The Dancing Monkey by Nancy Garfield, 1970
Androcles And The Lion; Retold From Apion. 1970
Bantu Tales. / Edited By Louise Crane. 1970
The One Bad Thing About Father (about Teddy Roosevelt, winner of The
New York Times Outstanding Book Award) by F. N. Monjo ; 1970
Tales From Count Lucanor, / by Don Juan Manuel. Adapted From The
Spanish By Toby Talbot. . 1970
Heracles The Strong by Ian Serraillier 1970
Where I Begin by Sarah Abbott
The Peppersalt Land by Marilyn Harris
Casa Means Home by Nardi Reeder Campion, 1970
On The Banks Of The Hudson; A View Of Its History And Folklore. 1971
The Legs of the Moon by Francine Jacobs 1971
Toto, / by Marietta D. Moskin. 1971
Men of Masaba by Humphrey Harman, 1971
The Magic Pumpkin. / 1971
Charlie Dick, / by Laura Fisher. 1972
Maildun The Voyager. / 1972
The Indians And The Strangers. 1972
Coplas: Folk Poems In Spanish And English. 1972
The Great Fire. (about Great Fire of London) 1973
The Son Of The Leopard. 1974
Pampalche Of The Silver Teeth / translated And Edited By Mirra
Ginsburg ; c1976


Lenona.

[leno...@yahoo.com]

From the "Something About the Author" encyclopedias:

"The first three years of my life I lived in Reggio Calabria (Italy), my birthplace. Then my family immigrated to Buenos Aires (Argentina) which I considered to be more my country than my own, for there I grew and developed my personality with the Argentinian idiosyncrasy with a certain touch of the Italian village morality."