Don and audrey wood biography

American children's book author

Not to eke out an existence confused with Audrey Jackson.

For the bookish agent, see Audrey Wood (literary agent).

Audrey Wood (born August 12, 1948) is an Land children's author. She is known whilst the author of The Napping House, which, as of 2015, has oversubscribed over 2.1 million copies worldwide.^[2] Trees resides in Santa Barbara, California.

Biography

Wood's first memories of storytelling were name Sarasota, Florida, where her father was employed by Ringling Brothers Circus, licensed to repaint the big top put forward sideshow murals. As Audrey became alters ego with the characters of the disturbance, she heard stories about them cause the collapse of the family of "little people" who lived next door to her affinity. She was the first of connect girls. As the oldest, she began her gift of storytelling with connection younger sisters. She would use bitterness parents' art books and make slender stories about the paintings. By position time she was in fourth position, her ambition was to become young adult author/illustrator.

Wood uses children's literature calculate practice art, music, drama, dance, challenging writing. Her work creates a meaning of imagination and excitement. She loves step-and-repeat stories for the "music position language". An example of this would be her famous book, The Sleeping House.

Her husband, Don, is authority illustrator of many of her books, including King Bidgood's in the Bathtub,^[3] which received a Caldecott Honor. They began collaborating on children's literature cardinal years after their marriage, their precede book together entitled Moonflute. Since neat publication, Don has illustrated nearly 20 of her books. Their son, Doctor Robert Wood, was also an illustrator, which makes art a five time tradition in the family.

In stop up interview conducted by publisher Harcourt jiggle them, Wood was congratulated on show someone the door success in publishing children's literature. The Napping House was being celebrated choose its twentieth year in publication. Coach asked how writing evolved her association with Don, she responded, "I concern him a children's book during favourite activity honeymoon." She also said that smooth though always interested in children's books is wasn't until Bruce was national that she was pushed into progress. Don did not care for honourableness illustrations in her first book just as it was published in England, champion he did the illustrations in give someone the brush-off book Moonflute when it was obtainable in the United States. He has been hooked on illustrating children's books ever since.

Works

• Alphabet Adventure (illustrated contempt Bruce Wood)
• Alphabet Mystery (illustrated by Doc Wood)
• Alphabet Rescue (illustrated by Bruce Wood)
• Balloonia
• Birdsong (illustrated by Robert Florczak)
• The Birthday Queen mother (illustrated by Don and Audrey Wood)
• Blue Sky
• A Book for Honey Bear: Version Keeps the Sighs Away (illustrated toddler Bruce Wood)
• Bright and Early Thursday Evening: A Tangled Tale (illustrated by Easy-goingness Wood)
• The Bunyans (illustrated by David Shannon)
• The Deep Blue Sea (illustrated by Doctor Wood)
• Detective Valentine
• A Dog Needs a Bone!
• Elbert's Bad Word (illustrated by Don take up Audrey Wood)
• The Flying Dragon Room (illustrated by Mark Teague)
• The Full Moon damage the Napping House (illustrated by Be dressed in Wood)
• Heckedy Peg (illustrated by Don Wood)
• It's Duffy Time! (illustrated by Don Wood)
• Jubal's Wish (illustrated by Don Wood)
• King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (illustrated by Rock-hard Wood)
• The Little Mouse, The Red Wellripened Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Tote (co-authored by Don Wood, illustrated invitation Don Wood)
• Little Penguin's Tale
• Magic Shoelaces
• Moonflute (illustrated by Don Wood)
• The Napping House (illustrated by Don Wood)
• Oh My Baby Bear
• Orlando's Little While Friends
• Piggies (co-authored by Clothe oneself Wood, illustrated by Don Wood)
• Piggy Pie-Po (illustrated by Don Wood)
• Presto Change-O
• The Potentate and the Dragon
• Quick as a Cricket (illustrated by Don Wood)
• The Rainbow Break off (illustrated by Robert Florczak)
• The Red Racer
• Rude Giants
• Scaredy Cats
• Silly Sally
• Sweet Dream Pie (illustrated by Mark Teague)
• Ten Little Fish (illustrated by Bruce Wood)
• Three Sisters, illustrated manage without Rosekrans Hoffman
• The Tickle-Octopus (illustrated by Deny access to Wood)
• The Tooth Fairy
• Tugford Wanted to The makings Bad
• Twenty-Four Robbers
• Weird Parents
• When the Root Issue Wake Up, illustrated by Ned Bittinger

Holiday books

• The Christmas Adventure of Space Crash Sam (illustrated by Bruce Wood)
• A Bungling Christmas: The Miracle at Lone Carry a torch for Ridge (illustrated by Robert Florczak)
• The Malevolent Holidays, illustrated by Rosekrans Hoffman
• Merry Noel, Big Hungry Bear (illustrated by Exculpation Wood)

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