Zemach, Margot
Zemach, Margot (1931–89),American author and illustrator of more than 60 children's books including folklore, rhymes, and songs. One of her first adaptations of a folk tale, The Three Sillies (1963), provided a hint of the future humour, deft line, and flat colour that can be found in most of her works. Zemach made hundreds of studies in preparation for each book, including Nail Soup: A Swedish Tale Retold (1964), Salt: A Russian Tale (1965), and Too Much Noise: An Italian Tale (1967). In less than a decade beginning in 1967, she illustrated four books by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Mazel and Shlimazel, When Shliemiel went to Warsaw and Other Stories, Alone in the Wild Forest, and Naftali the Storyteller and his Horse, Sus, and Other Stories. In 1994 she was awarded the Caldecott Prize for Duffy and the Devil: A Cornish Tale.
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