His most popular book is Wheels On the Bus, which has sold millions. He won the 1998 Caldecott Medal for his illustrated retelling of Rapunzel, and three Caldecott Honors (for Hansel and Gretel (1985), Rumpelstiltskin (1987), and Swamp Angel (1995)). Since then, he has continued to illustrate others' work, as well as creating his own books. His career in children's books began in 1978 with the illustrations for Avi's Emily Upham's Revenge.
The Renaissance and Italian art always fascinated him, and this time in his life influenced this love as well. Zelinsky went to graduate school at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Rome. He took a class taught by Maurice Sendak on the history and art of children's books, and it inspired him to a career in the area. Career Īt New Trier High School, Zelinsky was interested in natural history as well as architecture and saw himself following one of those paths for a career. He especially loved the books The Twenty-One Balloons, by du Bois, and The Fabulous Flight by Lawson. I know that when I call up my earliest memories, what I remember seeing and hearing is accompanied by a flavor-like sense of what it felt like to be there and see that." (This phenomenon is known as synesthesia.) In later childhood, his favorite authors were William Pène du Bois, and Robert Lawson. About his memories of childhood reading, Zelinsky has said: "Feelings come to me as a sort of flavor. Influential early childhood books included The Color Kittens, and The Tawny Scrawny Lion. When he was only four, he submitted work to Highlights magazine, and this is when his artwork was first showcased. With his friends, he would make up imaginary worlds, and draw them. As a child, he spent much of his time drawing. Zelinsky was born in Evanston, Illinois, and grew up in Wilmette. "Books are considered not only for the quality of their illustrations, but for the way pictures and text work together." Biography Early life Twenty years later, they were joint runners-up for the Phoenix Picture Book Award from the Children's Literature Association, which annually recognizes the best picture book that did not win a major award 20 years earlier. Zelinsky had been runner-up for the Caldecott Medal in 1985, 1987, and 1995, the latter for Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs ( Dutton, 1994). His most popular work is Wheels On the Bus, a best-selling movable book. Zelinsky (born 1953) is an American illustrator and writer who illustrated children's picture books.
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