Nancy Carpenter

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

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Biography

Carpenter's mother was an art teacher. [1]

Carpenter worked as a graphic reporter for Associated Press and illustrator for the New York Times . [2] [3]

She has published dozens of children's picture books with authors such as Anna Quindlen, Karen Hesse, and Jane Yolen. [4] [5] [6]

Carpenter's books have won several awards, including: for Sitti's Secrets (Four Winds Press, 1994), a Notable Children's Books designation from the American Library Association (ALA) and Jane Addams Children's Book Award; for Apples to Oregon (Atheneum, 2004), a Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 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. [2]

Carpenter is married and has one child. She lives in Brooklyn. [2]

Selected works

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