David Shannon (Children's Authors Series)

by Tamara L. Britton

Overview

This biography introduces readers to David Shannon, author and illustrator of Caldecott Honor Book No, David! others in the David series, A Bad Case of Stripes, and How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball, and illustrator of The Rough-Face Girl, The Ballad of the Pirate Queens, and Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. Readers will learn about Shannon's childhood in Washington, DC, and Spokane, Washington, his early interest in drawing, his study of editorial illustration, his start in children's book illustration, his success with the David series, and his process as an illustrator. Easy-to-read text and full-color photos highlight Shannon's childhood, family, education, and life as an author and illustrator. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617830501
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing Company
Publication date:	08/15/2011
Series:	Children's Authors Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	9 - 10 Years