Leslie Patricelli
Leslie Patricelli is the American writer and illustrator of many bestselling books for babies, elementary school children and tweens.[1] Her books include the internationally recognized titles "Potty"[2] and "Toot!".[3][4][5] She is also the writer and illustrator of the much-loved "Rizzlerunk Club Series", including "Best Buds Under Frogs" and "The Big Bad Lies". Her picture books include, the Boston Horn Honor book, "Higher! Higher!", "Faster! Faster!", "Bigger! Bigger!", "Be Quiet, Mike!" and "The Patterson Puppies" series. She illustrated the acclaimed Mini Myth series, as well.[6][7]
Leslie Patricelli grew up in Issaquah, Washington close to Pine Lake. At college, Leslie Patricelli majored in communications at the University of Washington. She then became an advertising copywriter and illustrator. She worked as a contractor at Microsoft for seven years, where she created and animated many help characters, including Scuzz the Rat for Microsoft Bob, Power Pup for Office '97, and animated Rover the Dog for Windows XP. Patricelli took classes at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. She is married to drummer, Jason Vontver. She has three kids who are the basis for the little baby in many of her books.
Books[edit]
- Big Little
- Yummy Yucky
- Quiet Loud
- Binky (British title: Dummy)
- Blankie
- The Birthday Box
- No No Yes Yes
- Baby Happy Baby Sad
- Higher! Higher!
- The Patterson Puppies and the Rainy Day
- The Patterson Puppies and the Midnight Monster
- Tubby
- Potty
- Be Quiet, Mike!
- Faster! Faster!
- Fa La La
- Huggy Kissy
- Toot
- Tickle
- Hop! Hop!
- Boo!
- Hair
- Nighty-night
- The Rizzlerunk Club: Best Buds Under Frogs
- The Rizzlerunk Club: The Big Bad Lies
- Bigger! Bigger!
- Big Kid Bed
- Tooth
- Mad, Mad, MAD
- Doggie Gets Scared
- Mommy
- Daddy
- Splash!
References[edit]
- ^ "9 Categories of Books That Should Be in Every Baby's Library". Us Weekly. 27 September 2016.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones, Sally (26 May 2016). "Top 10 potty training books". The Guardian.
- ^ Rothman, Lily (24 June 2014). "Read to Your Baby, Say Doctors — But Which Books?". TIME.com.
- ^ Haq, Husna (26 June 2014). "Why you should read to your newborn baby". Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ "Books Shine at Licensing Expo". PublishersWeekly.com.
- ^ Russo, Maria (14 May 2015). "Small Packages, Big Fun". The New York Times.
- ^ "Fall 2015 Children's Sneak Previews". PublishersWeekly.com.
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