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 James Christopher Carroll 

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The Boy and the Moon

Sleeping Bear Press
Carroll has won honors from The Society of Illustrators and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. His work has been displayed around the world, including The Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science & Technology in Milan and the United Nations in New York.


 Cathy Goldberg Fishman

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WHEN JACKIE AND HANK MET

Cavendish
Fishman is author of six Jewish Holiday books for Simon & Schuster and Kar-Ben. WHEN JACKIE AND HANK MET will be published in March 2012, the 50th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame (and Hank Greenberg’s 56th).

Cathy Goldberg Fishman is also the author of:
Passover (On My Own Holidays); Soup; Car Wash Kid



 Luli Gray

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Ant and Grasshopper

McElderry/Simon & Schuster
Of this author of the “Falcon” series of middle-grade novels, including award-winning FALCON’S EGG (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Kirkus said, “Gray deftly mixes the marvelous and the ordinary, adding touches of comedy and magic...Engaging, intelligent, and well-wrought.” Her first picture book, ANT & GRASSHOPPER, will be published in Spring 2011.

Luli Gray is also the author of:
Falcon’s Egg; Timespinners; Falcon and the Carousel of Time



 Michael Hall 

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PERFECT SQUARE

Greenwillow
The first book by this award-winning graphic designer and children’s author/illustrator, MY HEART IS LIKE A ZOO, was a New York Times bestseller. Booklist said: "The simple rhymes about feelings will have preschoolers savoring the words, joining in, and pointing at every playful zoo scene." Hall’s PERFECT SQUARE was published in March 2011. His picture books have won the Indie Next Award, International Reading Association award for Children's Literature, and the Minnesota Book Award for Children's Literature.

NY Times bestseller


 Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Makes Music

Dutton
Hamlisch has composed 40+ motion picture scores, including Oscar-winner The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for The Sting. Hamlisch’s first children’s picture book. MARVIN MAKES MUSIC: City Symphony will include an original piece of music.

Oscar-winning author


 Michelle Markel 

The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau

Markel’s TYRANNOSAURUS MATH (Tricycle Press) was a Cooperative Book Center Choice for 2010 and was praised by Kirkus as “...the ultimate melding of a topic kids love with knowledge they need.” Her BRAVE GIRL: Clara Lemlich and the Shirtwaist Makers Strike of 1909 (Balzer & Bray) will be published in Fall 2011.

Michelle Markel is also the author of:
Dream Town; Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall



 Margaret Peot

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Inkblot

Drip, Splat and Squish Your Way to Creativity

Boyds Mills
Peot has painted costumes for Bette Midler, David Byrne and Sherie Rene Scott for Broadway, film, and the circus. Her MAKE YOUR MARK: Explore Your Creativity and Discover Your Inner Artist (Chronicle) made Library Journal’s list of Best Books. Peot’s first children’s book, INKBLOT, will be published in Spring 2011.

Margaret Peot is also the author of:
Make Your Mark



 Barry Rothstein

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Eye-Popping 3-D Bugs

Chronicle
Rothstein is a stereographer (3-dimensional photographer) best known for his extensive work with photographic phantograms, a technique by which 2-D images appear 3-D. He was the first person to publish phantograms in book form. Rothstein teaches his techniques at National Stereoscopic Association gatherings.

Barry Rothstein is also the author of:
Eye-Popping 3-D Pets; Phantograms from Nature; Pop-Up 3D



 Jennifer Sattler

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PIG KAHUNA

Bloomsbury Children’s Books
Of Sattler's SYLVIE, School Library Journal said, "Sattler’s art steals the show; the colors are eye-popping and vibrant." Her PIG KAHUNA follows a little pig who discovers he has the courage to surf.

Jennifer Satler is also the author of:
Sylvie; All Aboard, Owney!; Bella’s Saratoga Summer

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