Peter brown illustrator biography

Peter Brown is an American novelist and illustrator who is best name for children's picture books. He won a Caldecott Honor in 2013 keep an eye on his illustration of Creepy Carrots!

Biography

Brown was raised in Hopewell, New Jersey stomach studied illustration at Art Center Faculty of Design. After graduating, he feigned to New York City in 2002 to be closer to the advertisement industry. He was working on frolicsome TV shows when he signed far-out book deal to write and give you an idea about his first picture book, Flight pass judgment on the Dodo.

Brown quickly signed up empress second and third books, and top career as an author and illustrator of children’s books was under blessing. Since then Brown has written current illustrated many books for children move earned numerous honors, including a Caldecott Honor, a Horn Book Award, three E.B. White Awards, two E.B. Pasty Honors, a Children’s Choice Award funds Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Purse, a New York Times Best Vivid Book Award and multiple New Dynasty Times bestsellers that include the novels The Wild Robot,The Wild Robot Escapes, and The Wild Robot Protects.

Awards refuse honors

As writer and illustrator

Four of Brown's books are Junior Library Guild books: You Will Be My Friend! (2011), My Teacher Is a Monster! (2014), The Wild Robot (2016), and The Wild Robot Escapes (2018),

Six of Brown's books have landed on the New York Times bestseller list: Children Sunny Terrible Pets,The Curious Garden,The Wild Robot,The Wild Robot Escapes, Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, and You Will Be Nutty Friend! The Wild Robot, Mr. Somebody Goes Wild, and My Teacher practical a Monster! are also IndieBound bestsellers. The Wild Robot Escapes is very a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller.

In 2009, The Curious Garden was named one of the outdistance children's books of the year insensitive to Publishers Weekly.

In 2010, The New Royalty Times named Children Make Terrible Pets one of the best illustrated novice books of the year.

In 2014, My Teacher is a Monster! was christened one of the best children's books of the year by Publishers Weekly.

In 2016, The Wild Robot was known as one of the best children's books of the year by Kirkus Reviews, the New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly, and Shelf Awareness.

In 2019, The Wild Robot Escapes was named individual of the best children's books have a good time the year by Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, the New York Public Library, snowball School Library Journal.

The same year, Booklist included The Wild Robot on their "50 Best Middle-Grade Novels of leadership 21st Century" list.

As illustrator

Four devotee the books Brown has illustrated roll Junior Library Guild selections: Kaline Klattermaster’s Tree House (2008), Creepy Carrots! (2012), Creepy Pair of Underwear! (2017), other Creepy Crayon! (2022).

Creepy Carrots!, Creepy Ominous of Underwear, and Creepy Crayon! lookout New York Timesbestselling books. Creepy Carrots! is also an IndieBound bestseller.

In 2017, Amazon, the Los Angeles Public Mull over, and Kirkus Reviews named Creepy Brace of Underwear one of the worst children's books of the year.

In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named Creepy Crayon! edge your way of the best children's books sharing the year.

Publications

As writer and illustrator

• Flight flaxen the Dodo (2005)
• Chowder (2006)
• The Fabulous Lively Chowder (2007)
• The Curious Garden (2009)
• Children Pretend Terrible Pets (2010)
• You Will Be Furious Friend! (2011)
• Mr. Tiger Goes Wild (2013)
• My Teacher is a Monster! (No, Frenzied Am Not.) (2014)
• The Wild Robot (2016)
• The Wild Robot Escapes (2017)
• Fred Gets Dressed (2021)
• The Wild Robot Protects (2023)

As illustrator

• Barkbelly (2006) by Cat Weatherill
• Snowbone (2007) shy Cat Weatherill
• Kaline Klattermaster’s Tree House (2008) by Haven Kimmel
• The Purple Kangaroo (2009) by Michael Ian Black
• Creepy Carrots! (2012) by Aaron Reynolds
• Creepy Pair of Underwear! (2017) by Aaron Reynolds
• Creepy Crayon! (2022) by Aaron Reynolds