![]() He had this enormous talent as an artist, but also he had the biggest, most generous heart.” “He had a real concern for other artists he just cared about making sure they were recognized and their rights were upheld,” said Hayes. Taback was a founding president of the Illustrators Guild in New York City and a founding member and president of the New York Graphic Artists Guild. “Simms was notable for his seemingly naive but actually very sophisticated art and for his distinctive use of color and design, and he drew on a folkloric tradition but with his own sophistication,” Hayes said. Taback, whose first language was Yiddish, drew upon his own cultural heritage in creating the book. Then the button is lost, and there is nothing.īut even then, the resourceful Joseph created a book about the experience that provides the moral of the story: “You can always make something from nothing.” The tale follows a Polish peasant, who frugally creates new uses for his deteriorating plaid overcoat, which goes from being a jacket to a vest, a scarf, a tie, a handkerchief and, finally, a button. ![]() ![]() Taback also used die cuts for “Joseph Had a Little Overcoat,” which won the Caldecott Medal in 2000. ![]()
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