Uri Shulevitz, a Polish-born children’s book author and illustrator, has died at the age of 89. He was a Holocaust survivor and drew from his experiences in his work, including the 2008 book “How I Learned Geography”, which told the story of his family’s journey from Poland to Kazakhstan. He also wrote and illustrated “Chance”, which chronicled his peripatetic years between the ages of 4 and 14, and his experiences as a boy fleeing his family’s home in Warsaw. Shulevitz published over 40 books and won numerous awards, including the Caldecott Medal in 1969. He was a painter as well as an illustrator, and his work was exhibited in galleries and museums.
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