Donald Crews was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 30, 1938. As a child, he would spend the summer in Florida with his grandmother, “Bigmama”. As an adult, he wrote a book about her! He writes and illustrates books for children with themes of transportation, technology, and family. His late wife, Ann Jonas, was also an author and illustrator and wrote mostly books for children. Their daughter Nina? A children’s author. I wonder what reunions were like at the Crews house?
Donald Crews ( and family) Titles At The Wilton Public Library
Written and Illustrated by Donald Crews
Easy Readers ( picture books) Freight Train, Ten Black Dots, Truck, School Bus, Night At The Fair
Books by other family members
Easy Reader( picture book)- The Quilt by Ann Jonas
Picture book/Poetry- Seeing Into Tomorrow: Haiku by Richard Wright written by Richard Wright and Nina Crews, illustrated by Nina Crews and can be found on Overdrive.
Tomie dePaola was born on September 15, 1934 in Meriden, Connecticut but lived in New Hampshire for many years! He wrote and/or illustrated more than 260 children’s books and won numerous awards throughout his lifetime. He created stories and pictures for children about his life, legends, religion, holidays, and brought folktale characters like Strega Nona to life. Special note: Tomie dePaola was one of my (Ms Boo’s) favorite illustrators and authors and I was thrilled to hear him speak at a book event in Concord. He was marvelous.
Tomie dePaola Titles At The Wilton Public Library
Written and Illustrated
Board Books- My First Easter
Easy Readers ( picture books)- Tomie dePaola’s Christmas Tree Book, Quiet, Big Anthony:His Story, Strega Nona, Strega Nona’s Harvest, Strega Nona Takes A Vacation, Merry Christmas Strega Nona, An Early American Christmas, Guess Who’s Coming To Santa’s For Dinner?, Country Angel Christmas, My First Chanukah, My First Halloween, Jamie O’Rourke And The Big Potato, Jamie O’Rourke And The Pooka, Mice Squeak We Speak, Oliver Button Is A Sissy, The Knight And The Dragon, Tomie dePaola’s Favorite Nursery Tales, Now One Foot Now The Other, The Story Of The Three Wise Kings, Quiet
Leveled Readers- When Andy Met Sandy
Juvenile Fiction ( easy) - 26 Fairmont Ave
Illustrated
Easy Readers ( picture books)- Wings, Good Morning To You Valentine,
David Shannon was born on October 5th, 1959 in Washington, D.C. but grew up in Washington state. His teachers at Hutton Elementary school in Spokane encouraged him to draw murals on the wall. He must have been a great artist, AND it’s rumored that drawing kept him from disrupting his classmates. Apparently, he was a lot like the character David in his children’s books! Another popular character from his books, a terrier named Fergus in Good Boy, Fergus!, really is his dog. In fact, Fergus makes an appearance in all of his children’s books. Can you find him?
David Shannon Titles At The Wilton Public Library
Written and Illustrated
Easy Readers ( picture books)- A Bad Case Of The Stripes, David Gets In Trouble, David Goes To School, Duck On A Bike, Good Boy Fergus, No David!, Grow Up David, Roy Digs Dirt
Wonderbooks- A Bad Case Of The Stripes
Illustrated
Easy Readers ( picture books)- How I Became A Pirate by Melinda Long, Smash Crash! by Jon Scieszka
Level 1 Readers- Melvin’s Valentines, Snow Trucking! , Kat’s Maps, Trucksgiving all by Jon Scieszka
Easy Reader Non Fiction ( Poetry)- Truckery Rhymes by Jon Scieszka
