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Lynne Rae Perkins

Lynne Rae Perkins
Occupation
  • Writer
  • illustrator
NationalityAmerican
GenreChildren's literature
Notable worksAll Alone in the Universe (2000)
Criss Cross (2005)
Notable awardsNewbery Medal (2006)
Website
lynnerae.com

Lynne Rae Perkins is an American writer and illustrator of children's books.

Her novel Criss Cross, winner of the 2006 Newbery Medal,[1] is a book of vignettes, illustrations, photographs, and poems about a group of four small-town teenagers.

Perkins' picture book Home Lovely was a runner-up for the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. Her novel All Alone in the Universe was named an ALA Notable Book, a Booklist Editor's Choice, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, and a Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book for Children.[citation needed]

Works

  • Home Lovely, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 1995)
  • Clouds for Dinner, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 1997)
  • All Alone in the Universe, (Scholastic Books, 2000)
  • Georgie Lee, illustrator, book by Sharon Phillips Denslow, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2002)
  • The Broken Cat, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2002)
  • Snow Music, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2003)
  • Criss Cross, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2005)
  • Pictures from our Vacation, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2007)
  • The Cardboard Piano, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2008)
  • As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2010)
  • Seed by Seed (Illustrator), (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2012)
  • Nuts to You, (New York: Greenwillow Books, 2014)
  • Frank and Lucky Get Schooled, (New York: Greenwillow Book, 2016)

References

  1. ^ "'Criss Cross' Nets Newbery Medal for Perkins". NPR.org. Retrieved November 5, 2018.