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Christine Mannone Carolan Author/Illustrator
Christine graduated from Pratt Institute with a degree in Illustration.
She lives in Setauket, New York with her husband Lenny and their yellow
lab Dakota. Christine told us, “I absolutely love dogs and volunteer
at the Guide Dogs for the Blind in Smithtown, NY, where I play with
the dogs to give them a break from their rigorous work schedule.”
Flowers for Pudding Street is the first book she has authored and illustrated.
She also illustrated Too Much Of A Good Thing (Lerner Publishing Group)
BOOKS: Flowers for Pudding Street
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Elena Caravela Illustrator
Elena graduated from The School of Visual Arts in NYC. She is a renowned
portrait artist who also teaches fine art workshops to children and
adults. She also illustrated A Night of Tamales and Roses, which was
listed in The Bank Street College of Education - Best Children's Books
of 2008. Elena lives in Summit, New Jersey with her husband, two boys
and a clutter of cats.
BOOKS: The Birds of the Harbor,
A Night of Tamales and Roses
Visit Elena’s Website:
www.elenacaravela.net
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Della Ross Ferreri Author
Star of the Show is Della’s fourth children’s book. Her other
titles include the picture book, How Will I Ever Sleep In This Bed?
(Sterling Publishing, 2005) and beginning readers: Hey! You're Eating
My Homework (Bebop Books, 2005) and Picnic On The Sidewalk (Seedling
Publications, 2003). Della lives in Hyde Park, New York with her husband,
three kids, a rabbit and tropical fish.
BOOKS: Star of the Show
Visit Della’s Website:
www.dellarossferreri.com
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Doreen Tango Hampton Author
Doreen was born and raised in New Jersey. Through her career as antique
dealer she discovered the world of antique children's books and became
an avid collector. Inspired by the birth of her niece Grace in 2000,
she began writing her own original children's stories. She and her husband,
now reside in Litchfield County, CT.
BOOKS: I Like Gum
Visit Doreen’s Website:
www.tangohampton.com
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Christopher Harder Author
Christopher is a stay-at-home dad who quit his job in 2005 as an editor
at The Wall Street Journal web site to care for his son. Chris has been
a journalist for 19 years and his essays on parenting have been published
in a variety of publications. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and
son, Nicholas.
BOOKS: It's Tough to Nap on a Turtle
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Rolf Harder Illustrator
Rolf was born in Hamburg, Germany. He studied at the Hamburg Academy
of Fine Arts and spent his early years working as a designer in both
German and Canadian agencies. Rolf has designed over 70 postage stamps
for Canada Post Corporation and won numerous national and international
design awards. His work has been published in magazines and presented
in exhibitions throughout Canada and the U.S., Australia, South America,
Europe, Russia, Japan and Korea. Rolf's work is a part of the permanent
collection: the National Archives of Canada Ottawa, Canada and The Museum
of Modern Art, in New York.
BOOKS: It's Tough to Nap on a Turtle
To view Rolf’s postage stamp designs, visit: www.canadiandesignresource.ca
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Penny Harter Author
Penny graduated from Douglass College in New Jersey. She taught high
school English for many years. Currently she is a teaching artist for
New Jersey State Council on the Arts’ new project “Poetry
Out Loud.” In the last decade, Penny has authored seven poetry
books: Shadow Play: Night Haiku, Stages and Views, Grandmother's Milk,
Turtle Blessing, Lizard Light: Poems From the Earth, Buried in the Sky,
and Along River Road.
BOOKS: The Beastie Book/An Alphabestiary
Visit Penny’s Website:
penhart.home.att.net
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John Italia Author
John grew up watching the birds soar above the harbors of New York City.
There he spent countless hours admiring these wondrous creatures whose
voices became the inspiration for The Birds of the Harbor. A poet at
heart, he spent seven years under the tutelage of W.H. Auden. John is
the father of five grown children and is a psychologist in northern
California.
BOOKS: The Birds of the Harbor
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Joanna H. Kraus Author
Playwright, author, and arts educator, Joanna is Professor Emeritus
of Theater and former Graduate Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary
Arts for Children Program at the The College at Brockport State University of New York. Her plays have garnered a number of awards, including
the Lifetime Achievement Award, New York State Theatre Education Association
and Charlotte B. Chorpenning Cup for Achievement in Playwriting. Her
first children's book, Tall Boy's Journey was published in 1993 by Carolrhoda
Books. Joanna and her husband Ted live in Walnut Creek, California.
BOOKS: A Night of Tamales and
Roses
Visit Joanna's Website:
http://usaplays4kids.drury.edu
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Alexandra Miller Illustrator
Alexandra was born in St. Peterburg, Russia. At the age of seventeen
she majored in illustration at the prestigious St. Peterburg Academy
of Art. After immigrating to the United States she worked as an artist
apprentice in Shimon Okshteyn fine Art studio in New York City. Her
freelance pen and ink illustration appeared in numerous newspapers and
magazines. Later she worked as a Creative Director for Museum Masters
International. She lives in Summit, New Jersey with her husband, and
their twin daughters, Veronica and Christina.
BOOKS: The Beastie Book/An Alphabestiary
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Gina Pfleegor Illustrator
Gena graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia and
went on to recieve her masters in art education from Elmira College.
She now teaches art at Hammondsport Central High School in the Finger
Lakes region of New York. I Like Gum is her first children’s book.
BOOKS: I Like Gum
Visit Gina’s Website:
www.ginapfleegor.com
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Patricia Saxton Author/Illustrator
Patricia is an award-winning fine artist and graphic designer. The owner
of Saxton Illustration & Design Studio, she lives in Summit, New
Jersey with her daughter, Carolyn.
BOOKS: The Book of Mermaids
Visit Pat’s Website:
www.patriciasaxton.com
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Mary Watson Author/Illustrator
Mary has written and illustrated many books for children. Her titles
include The Market Lady and the Mango Tree, The Butterfly Seeds, My
Own Big Bed and Some Place Like Home. She is the creative director of
Shenanigan Books, a company she founded “to keep the magic in children's
books alive.”
BOOKS: The Heart of the Lion,
The More The Merrier, The
Paper Dragonfly
Visit Mary’s Website:
www.author-illustr-source.com
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Pete Watson Author
Pete was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Dahomey, Benin when he first experienced
the magic of African culture. The journals he kept while living in a
small farming village were the inspiration for The Heart of the Lion
and for his first children's book, The Market Lady and the Mango Tree.
Mr. Watson is the director of Howell Living History Farm in Titusville,
New Jersey, where he shares his love of farming, history and storytelling
with visitors from around the world.
BOOKS: The Heart of the Lion
Visit Howell Farm’s Website:
www.howellfarm.com
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Tony Weinstock Illustrator
Tony was born in California, but spent most of his life on the east
coast. Recently, he returned to California to seek out his fortune and
warmer weather. Growing up on a healthy diet of comics and cartoons,
he loved to draw superheroes and monsters. Later, he attended the Rhode
Island School of Design where he learned to draw and paint “all
of the other stuff.” Nowadays, he creates artwork for a variety
of fields including comics, movies, and video games. He is currently
working on his second children’s book The Ballad of Booster Boggs
by author Ellen Jackson.
BOOKS: Star of the Show
Visit Tony’s Website:
www.tonyweinstock.com
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