He was the first person to win two annual Newbery Medals for the most distinguished new American children's book.
He married Helen Litwin in 1947; they had one son, Adam, and lived in Greenwich Village, and Hope Township, New Jersey.
The film was created in 1953, and shares a title with Krumgold's first Newbery Award-winning novel, ...And Now Miguel.
Six years later, Krumgold won the Newbery Medal again for Onion John, a story about an eccentric immigrant in small-town New Jersey.
Krumgold traveled extensively throughout the world, living in several places including California, Paris, and Rome.