Children’s author Robert McCloskey died on Sunday. He was 88. Earlier this year students from Dean S. Luce Elementary School in Canton, MA succeeded in a four year quest to pass legislation naming McCloskey’s ”Make Way For Ducklings” the official state children’s book and Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) the official children’s author and illustrator of the Commonwealth. Sally McCloskey, daughter of the author, thanked the children in a celebration at the State House on June 23rd. The addition of Geisel to the bill resulted from a compromise with the representative from Springfield, Geisel’s hometown.