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Nancy Sippel Carpenter is an American illustrator of children's picture books.


Biography

Carpenter's mother was an art teacher. Carpenter worked as a graphic reporter for
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and illustrator for the ''
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''."Nancy Carpenter." ''Something About the Author'', edited by Jennifer Stock, vol. 326, Gale, 2018, pp. 43-48. ''Gale Literature: Something About the Author''. Accessed 10 May 2023. She has published dozens of children's picture books with authors such as
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,
Karen Hesse Karen S. Hesse (born August 29, 1952) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. She received the Newbery Medal for ''Out of the Dust'' (1997). Early years and education Karen ...
, and
Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 400 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...
. Carpenter's books have won several awards, including: for ''Sitti's Secrets'' (Four Winds Press, 1994), a Notable Children's Books designation from the
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(ALA) and
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; for ''Apples to Oregon'' (Atheneum, 2004), a
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from the
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and ALA Notable Children's Books designation; for ''Emma Dilemma'' (Clarion Books, 2011), an ALA Notable Children's Books designation; and for ''Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine'' (Simon & Schuster, 2014), an ALA Notable Children's Books designation. Carpenter is married and has two children. She lives in
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.


Selected works

* Sharon Phillips Denslow. ''At Taylor's Place''. Bradbury Press. 1990. * Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler. ''Treasure in the Stream: The Story of a Gold Rush Girl''. Silver Burdett Press, 1991. * Sharon Phillips Denslow. ''Riding with Aunt Lucy''. Bradbury Press, 1991. * Virginia Krod. ''Masai and I''. Four Winds Press, 1992. *
Anna Quindlen Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist. Her ''New York Times'' column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. Quindlen began her journalism career in 197 ...
. ''The Tree That Came to Stay''. Crown, 1992. *
Karen Hesse Karen S. Hesse (born August 29, 1952) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. She received the Newbery Medal for ''Out of the Dust'' (1997). Early years and education Karen ...
. ''Lester's Dog''. Crown, 1993. * Sharon Phillips Denslow. ''Bus Riders''. Four Winds Press, 1993. * (As Nancy Sippel Carpenter)
James Howe James Howe (born August 2, 1946) is an American children's writer who has written more than 79 juvenile and young adult fiction books. He is best known for the Bunnicula series about a vampire rabbit that sucks the juice out of vegetables. B ...
, adaptor;
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, author. ''The Secret Garden''. Random House, 1993. *
Naomi Shihab Nye Naomi Shihab Nye (; born March 12, 1952) is an Arab American poet, editor, songwriter, and novelist. Born to a Palestinian father and an American mother, she began composing her first poetry at the age of six. In total, she has published or con ...
. ''Sitti’s Secrets''. Four Winds Press, 1994. *
Jacqueline Briggs Martin Jacqueline Briggs Martin is an American author of children's literature and a teacher of creative writing. Her books have received several awards including, Caldecott Medal (1999), Golden Kite Award, Lupine Award (1996, 1998, 2003), Award for Ex ...
. ''Washing the Willow Tree Loon''. Simon & Schuster, 1995. *
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. ''Only a Star''. Eerdmans, 1996. * Virginia Krod. ''Can You Dance, Dalila?'' Simon & Schuster, 1996. * Kate Jacobs. ''A Sister’s Wish''. Hyperion, 1996. * (As Nancy Sippel Carpenter)
Jane Yolen Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 400 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...
. ''Sing Noel: Christmas Carols'', musical arrangements by Adam Stemple. Boyds Mills Press, 1996. *
Eve Bunting Eve Bjørgum Bunting (née Bolton, December 19, 1928 – October 1, 2023), better known as Eve Bunting, was a Northern Irish-born American writer of more than 250 books. Her work covered a broad array of subjects and included fiction and non-fic ...
. ''Twinnies''. Harcourt Brace, 1997. * Alexis O'Neill. ''Loud Emily''. Simon & Schuster, 1998. *
Kathi Appelt Kathi Appelt (born July 6, 1954) is an American author of more than forty books for children and young adults. She won the annual PEN USA award for Children's Literature recognizing '' The Underneath'' (2008). Biography Kathi Appelt was born ...
. ''Someone’s Come to Our House''. Eerdmans, 1999. *
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. ''Twister''. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999. * Eve Bunting. ''A Picnic in October''. Harcourt Brace, 1999. * Lynea Bowdish. ''Brooklyn, Bugsy, and Me''. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000. *
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. ''If You Ever Get Lost'': The Adventures of Julia and Evan. Greenwillow Books, 2000. *
Deborah Hopkinson Deborah Hopkinson (born February 4, 1952) is an American writer of over seventy children's books, primarily historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books. Personal life and education Hopkinson was born February 4, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusett ...
. ''Fannie in the Kitchen: The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements''. Atheneum, 2001. *
Karin Cates Karin Wulf Cates is an author of children's picture books. Biography Cates attended Bryan Adams High School in Dallas. Before her writing career, Cates worked as a teacher. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1998. In 2002, she lived in ...
. ''A Far-Fetched Story''. Greenwillow Books, 2002. * Eve Bunting. ''Little Bear’s Little Boat''. Clarion Books, 2003. * Naomi Shihab Nye. ''Baby Radar''. Greenwillow Books, 2003. * Kay Winters. ''Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books''. Simon & Schuster, 2003. * Deborah Hopkinson. ''Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) across the Plains''. Atheneum, 2004. *
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. ''I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote''. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2005. *
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. ''17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore''. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2007. *
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. ''M Is for Mischief: An A to Z of Naughty Children''. Dutton, 2008. *
Candace Fleming Candace Groth Fleming (born May 24, 1962) is an American writer of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction. She is the author of more than twenty books for children and young adults, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adu ...
. ''Imogene’s Last Stand''. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009. * Jane Yolen. ''My Uncle Emily''. Philomel Books, 2009. * Jenny Offill. ''Eleven Experiments That Failed''. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011. * Kristine O'Connell George. ''Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems''. Clarion Books, 2011. * Toni Buzzeo. ''Lighthouse Christmas''. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2011. * Elisa Carbone. ''Heroes of the Surf: A Rescue Story Based on True Events''. Viking, 2012. * Eve Bunting. ''Big Bear’s Big Boat''. Clarion Books, 2013. * Eva Moore. ''Lucky Ducklings''. Orchard Books, 2013. * Gloria Whelan. ''Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine''. Simon & Schuster, 2014. * Lynn Cullen. ''Dear Mr. Washington''. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2015. * Deborah Hopkinson. ''A Letter to My Teacher''. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2017. * Michelle Markel. ''Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books''. Chronicle, 2017. *
Marilyn Singer Marilyn Singer (born 3 October 1948) is an author of children's books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, juvenile novels and mysteries, young adult fantasies, and poetry. Some of her poems are written as ...
. ''Have You Heard about Lady Bird? Poems about Our First Ladies''. Disney-Hyperion, 2018. * Carrie Clickard. ''Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt''. Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, 2019. * Colleen Paeff. ''The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem''. McElderry, 2021. * Linda Ashman. ''Fire Chief Fran''. Astra Young Readers, 2022. * Jonah Winter. ''Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children''. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2022.


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