A risk that paid off

With a wife and three kids, Ancona quit his day job in hope of becoming a freelance photographer.

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George Ancona

Children’s Author

In 2002, George Ancona received the Washington Post-Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award for work that “has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children.” In this exclusive video interview with Reading Rockets, George Ancona talks about his photo-illustrated books and how he uses photography to offer insight into the everyday lives of children from different cultures.

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