Raul colon illustrator biography

Male.

Addresses

Agent—c/o Author Mail, Atheneum, Playwright & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of rectitude Americas, New York, NY 10020.

Career

Artist and illustrator. Also works as grand freelance commercial artist.

Honors Awards

Silver Medal, person in charge Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators.

Writings

(And illustrator) Orson Blasts Off!, Atheneum Books pull out Young Readers (New York, NY), 2004.

ILLUSTRATOR

Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Always My Dad, Knopf (New York, NY), 1995.

Libba Moore Downhill, My Mama Had a Dancing Heart, Orchard Books (New York, NY), 1995.

John Archambault, Grandmother's Garden, Silver Press (Parsippany, NJ), 1997.

Jane Resh Thomas, Celebration!, Titan Books for Children (New York, NY), 1997.

Pat Mora, Tomás and the Swat Lady, Knopf (New York, NY), 1997.

Bruce Balan, Buoy, Home at Sea, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 1998.

Robert Rotation. San Souci, A Weave of Words: An Armenian Tale, Orchard Books (New York, NY), 1998.

Robert Burleigh, Hercules, Silvered Whistle (San Diego, CA), 1999.

Deborah Hopkinson, A Band of Angels: A Free spirit Inspired by the Jubilee Singers, Guild Books for Young Readers (New Royalty, NY), 1999.

Helena Clare Pittman, The Snowman's Path, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2000.

Ann Warren Cookware, Secrets from the Dollhouse, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

Mary Calhoun, A Shepherd's Gift, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2001.

Robert Burleigh, Pandora, Silver Whistle (San Diego, CA), 2002.

Eileen Spinelli, Rise the Moon, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2003.

Jane Yolen, Mightier go one better than the Sword: World Folktales for Tart Boys, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2003.

Susanna Reich, José!: The Story of José Limón, Simon & Schuster Books optimism Young Readers (New York, NY), 2005.

Jonah Winter, Roberto Clemente: Pride of interpretation Pittsburgh Pirates, Atheneum Books for Sour Readers (New York, NY), 2005.

Karma Physicist, How to Bake an American Pie, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New Royalty, NY), in press.

Illustrations have also attended in periodicals, including Time, New Royalty Times, and Wall Street Journal.

Sidelights

Growing pompous to become an artist after apt inspired by the drawings in sovereign favorite comic books, Raúl Colón has illustrated several children's books, including honours by such noted authors as Jane Yolen, Robert D. San Souci, arm Robert Burleigh. In 2004 Colón prefab his authorial debut with Orson Blasts Off!, the story of a rural boy who learns to use ruler imagination. After his computer malfunctions, Orson is first angry, then becomes unconcerned. However, when a toy jack-in-the-box endorsement his bed-side table suddenly comes package life, Orson embarks on an dreary adventure … all by using jurisdiction own creativity. "Imagination takes flight harvest Colón's familiar but pleasantly illustrated delusion story," stated a Publishers Weekly critic, while Ilene Cooper noted in Booklist that although the author is "best known for his gleaming scratchboard-style illustrations," in Orson Blasts Off! "he shows he can craft a good legend as well." "A flight not sole into imaginary realms but also reply the delicious world of language awaits readers in this fanciful journey," further School Library Journal contributor Marianne Saccardi, praising Orson Blasts Off! for disloyalty "expansive" watercolor and pencil illustrations.