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| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) Texas |
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Joan Holub (born 1956 in Texas) [1] is an author and illustrator of over 180 [2] books for children. [3] She also uses the pen names Rita Book and Brad Bucks. [1]
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Joan Holub | |
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| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) Texas |
| Nationality | American |
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Joan Holub (born 1956 in Texas) [1] is an author and illustrator of over 180 [2] books for children. [3] She also uses the pen names Rita Book and Brad Bucks. [1]
Holub was born in 1956 in Texas. [1] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas, [1] then freelanced as an art director at a graphic design firm for eight years.
She dreamed of working in children's books, so she moved to New York City and became associate art director in Scholastic trade books where she designed books for children and worked with editors and illustrators.
She illustrated her first published children's book in 1992 and soon began illustrating full-time. She began completing manuscripts and mailing them out to publishers in the early 1990s. In 1996, she sold her first two manuscripts: A Spooky Lift-the-Flap Book and Pen Pals. Now she writes full-time. [4]
Mighty Dads is a New York Times bestselling picture book.
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| 2009 | Shampoodle | Cybils Award for Easy Readers | Finalist | [5] |
| 2021 | Zero the Hero | Mathical Book List | Honor | [6] |
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