![]() ![]() "They expanded the house for their family, using a well-known local architect, Peter Cadoux," listing agent Cathy McGee said. Known as Rabbit Hill, the three-story house was built in 1936 and extensively renovated and expanded by the current owners soon after they bought it in 2000. More: A Waterfront House in Connecticut Comes With Four Lots ![]() The Lawsons worked at easels that faced each other in a studio (now a den) in the north end of their home, according to an obituary in The New York Times. Popper's Penguins " by Richard and Florence Atwater and "The Story of Ferdinand " by Munro Leaf. ![]() Robert Lawson also illustrated other authors’ books for children, including the beloved "Mr. Four years later, he was given the Newbery Medal for his children's novel "Rabbit Hill, " which is set in and around his country home in Westport. Robert Lawson's "They Were Strong and Good ," a children's book about the lives of his parents, won the Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book for children in 1941. This brick-and-clapboard Georgian Colonial was the longtime home of children’s book authors and illustrators Robert and Marie Lawson. ![]()
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