David Ezra Stein

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David Ezra Stein
Born Brooklyn, New York, United States
OccupationAuthor, illustrator
Genre Picture books
Notable works Interrupting Chicken
Children2
Website
davidezrastein.com

David Ezra Stein is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He is best known for his Interrupting Chicken series, which was adapted into an animated television show on Apple TV+ in 2022. [1] [2] The first book of the series has been named a Caldecott Honor book. [3] [4]

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Biography

Stein was born in Brooklyn, New York. [5] His father was a cartographer, and his mother was a painter and editor, both of which inspired him as an artist. [6] He attended the Parsons School of Design, [7] where he majored in editorial illustration. [8] While studying, he took a year off, during which he lived in Cape Cod and explored puppetry. [6]

Stein's books have been translated in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, French, and Finnish, [5] and his artwork has appeared in The New York Times and The New Yorker , among other major publications. [8]

Stein has a wife and two children. They live in Kew Gardens, Queens. [9]

Awards and honors

Six of Stein's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Leaves (2007), [10] Interrupting Chicken (2010), [11] Dinosaur Kisses (2013), [12] Ol’ Mama Squirrel (2013), [13] Honey (2018), [14] and The Worm Family Has Its Picture Taken (2021). [15]

Leaves was named one of the best picture books of the year by Kirkus Reviews , Publishers Weekly , and School Library Journal . [10] In 2011, Bank Street College of Education included Interrupting Chicken on their list of the best children's books for ages 5–9. Amazon named Ol' Mama Squirrel one of the best books of 2013 for ages 3–5. [13] In 2022, The Horn Book Magazine named Don't Worry, Murray one of the best picture books of the year. [16]

Awards for Stein's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2008Leaves Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for New WriterWinner [17] [6]
2010Pouch! Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor [18]
2011 Interrupting Chicken! ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [19]
Golden Kite Award for Picture Book textHonor [20]
Randolph Caldecott Medal Honor [3] [4] [6] [21]
2019Honey Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor [18]
2019Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for YouthSelection [22]
2020Hush, Little BunnyCLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for SingNominee [23]

Publications

Standalone books

Interrupting Chicken series

As illustrator only

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