Lauren Castillo
Lauren Castillo is an author and illustrator of children's literature. In 2015, she won the Caldecott Honor for her watercolor illustrations in her book Nana in the City. In 2005, she graduated from the School of Visual Arts.
Lauren Castillo
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- writer · illustrator
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- Nana in the city
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Lauren Castillo is an author and illustrator of children's literature. In 2015, she won the Caldecott Honor for her watercolor illustrations in her book Nana in the City. In 2005, she graduated from the School of Visual Arts.
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As writer and illustrator
Her first self-written and self-illustrated book, Melvin and the Boy, was published in 2011. In 2012, her work was exhibited at the Bruce Museum in their "Let It Snow! Children’s Book Art" show. In 2020, Castillo's book Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us was published, which is planned as the first book in a series.
• Melvin and the Boy (2011) • The Troublemaker (2014) • Nana in the City (2014) • Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us (2020)
As illustrator
• What Happens on Wednesdays (2007) - by Emily Jenkins • Buffalo Music (2008) - by Tracey E. Fern • The Reader (2012) - by Amy Hest • City Cat (2013)- by Kate Banks • Twenty Yawns - by Jane Smiley (2016) • Imagine (2018) - by Juan Felipe Herrera
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- 1.Nana in the City. American Library Association. 12 April 2015.
- 2.Saxon, Antonia. Q & A with Lauren Castillo. Publishers Weekly. 15 May 2014.
- 3.Mullen, Alexandra. The Art of a Snow Day. The New York Times. 15 December 2012.
- 4.Gurdon, Meghan Cox. Children's Books: Stories Can Take You Anywhere. Wall Street Journal. 1 May 2020.
- 5.Paul, Pamela. For Children Who Want Pets and Parents Who Don't. The New York Times. 6 July 2011.
- 6.Children's Book Review: The Troublemaker. Publishers Weekly.
- 7.Children's Book Review: The Story of Us (Our Friend Hedgehog #1). Publishers Weekly. 18 March 2020.
- 8.Just, Julie. Bookshelf. The New York Times. 16 December 2007.
- 9.Buffalo Music. Kirkus Reviews. 19 May 2008.
- 10.Children's Book Review: The Reader. Publishers Weekly. 1 October 2012.
- 11.Smith, Sarah Harrison. Travelers' Tails. The New York Times. 4 December 2013.
- 12.Alter, Alexandra. Masters of Prose Warm Up to Children's Picture Books. The New York Times. 7 May 2016.
- 13.Zelinsky, Paul O. Picture Books About Dreams and Dreamers of All Kinds. The New York Times. 14 September 2018.
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