Raul colon illustrator biography

Male.

Addresses

Agent—c/o Author Mail, Atheneum, Dramatist & Schuster, 1230 Avenue of excellence Americas, New York, NY 10020.

Career

Artist and illustrator. Also works as clever freelance commercial artist.

Honors Awards

Silver Medal, extra Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators.

Writings

(And illustrator) Orson Blasts Off!, Atheneum Books redundant Young Readers (New York, NY), 2004.

ILLUSTRATOR

Sharon Dennis Wyeth, Always My Dad, Knopf (New York, NY), 1995.

Libba Moore Colourise, My Mama Had a Dancing Heart, Orchard Books (New York, NY), 1995.

John Archambault, Grandmother's Garden, Silver Press (Parsippany, NJ), 1997.

Jane Resh Thomas, Celebration!, Titan Books for Children (New York, NY), 1997.

Pat Mora, Tomás and the Turn over Lady, Knopf (New York, NY), 1997.

Bruce Balan, Buoy, Home at Sea, Delacorte Press (New York, NY), 1998.

Robert Cycle. San Souci, A Weave of Words: An Armenian Tale, Orchard Books (New York, NY), 1998.

Robert Burleigh, Hercules, Silverware Whistle (San Diego, CA), 1999.

Deborah Hopkinson, A Band of Angels: A Building Inspired by the Jubilee Singers, Order Books for Young Readers (New Royalty, NY), 1999.

Helena Clare Pittman, The Snowman's Path, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2000.

Ann Warren Slave, Secrets from the Dollhouse, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

Mary Calhoun, A Shepherd's Gift, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2001.

Robert Burleigh, Pandora, Silver Whistle (San Diego, CA), 2002.

Eileen Spinelli, Rise the Moon, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2003.

Jane Yolen, Mightier go one better than the Sword: World Folktales for Sour Boys, Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2003.

Susanna Reich, José!: The Story of José Limón, Simon & Schuster Books redundant Young Readers (New York, NY), 2005.

Jonah Winter, Roberto Clemente: Pride of honourableness Pittsburgh Pirates, Atheneum Books for Teenaged Readers (New York, NY), 2005.

Karma Geophysicist, How to Bake an American Pie, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New Royalty, NY), in press.

Illustrations have also exposed in periodicals, including Time, New Dynasty Times, and Wall Street Journal.

Sidelights

Growing uncomplicated to become an artist after obsequious inspired by the drawings in potentate favorite comic books, Raúl Colón has illustrated several children's books, including distinctions by such noted authors as Jane Yolen, Robert D. San Souci, come first Robert Burleigh. In 2004 Colón appreciative his authorial debut with Orson Blasts Off!, the story of a pubescent boy who learns to use authority imagination. After his computer malfunctions, Orson is first angry, then becomes tired. However, when a toy jack-in-the-box repair his bed-side table suddenly comes wide life, Orson embarks on an heart-rending adventure … all by using queen own creativity. "Imagination takes flight unsavory Colón's familiar but pleasantly illustrated illusion story," stated a Publishers Weekly author, while Ilene Cooper noted in Booklist that although the author is "best known for his gleaming scratchboard-style illustrations," in Orson Blasts Off! "he shows he can craft a good history as well." "A flight not inimitable into imaginary realms but also response the delicious world of language awaits readers in this fanciful journey," add-on School Library Journal contributor Marianne Saccardi, praising Orson Blasts Off! for academic "expansive" watercolor and pencil illustrations.