Young's first job was with a New York advertising agency where he spent his lunch breaks sketching animals at Central Park Zoo. Instead, he grew more interested in art, and soon switched his major. I have never forgotten the images I saw in my mind." From an early age, Ed loved to create stories and draw pictures and thought he could "disappear" into his own world, brought to life through his illustrations. My father would spin endless tales of his own to entertain our imaginations on summer nights lying on the flat roof of our house. His mother would ring a bell at mealtimes, and he would slide down the banister with his brothers and sisters. When he was three years old, he and his family moved to Shanghai. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award.Įd Young was born on Novemin Tianjin, China. He won one Caldecott Medal for the year's best American picture book and for his lifetime contribution as a children's illustrator he was twice the U.S. Young at the Mazza Museum 2013 conferenceĮd Tse-chun Young ( Chinese: 杨志成 pinyin: Yáng Zhìchéng born November 28, 1931) is a Chinese-born American illustrator and writer of children's picture books.
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