Eric Rohmann | |
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![]() Rohmann at the 2012 Texas Book Festival | |
Born | 1957 (age 67–68) Riverside, Illinois, U.S. |
Occupation | Author, illustrator |
Period | 1994–present |
Genre | Children's picture books |
Notable works |
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Notable awards | Caldecott Medal 2003 |
Eric Rohmann (born October 26, 1957) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He is a graduate of Illinois State University and Arizona State University. He won the 2003 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing My Friend Rabbit , and he was a runner-up in 1995 for Time Flies. [1] Rohmann also won the Sibert Medal as the illustrator (with his wife, Candace Fleming, as the author), for Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera. [2]
In 2015, he created a popular series based on a bulldozer that began with Bulldozer’s Big Day. [3]
Rohmann was raised one of three children and currently lives and works in Illinois. He was not a big reader as a child, instead seeing the world in images. [5] Rohmann is married to Candace Fleming and the couple have collaborated on projects including Oh, No!. [6] He is partial to coffee, popcorn, and Delacroix’s The Death of Sardanapalus . [7]