Peter Brown (illustrator)

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Peter Brown
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Brown at the 2014 National Book Festival
Born Hopewell, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationIllustrator, writer
NationalityAmerican
Education Art Center College of Design
GenreChildren's picture books
Notable worksThe Curious Garden (2009)
Children Make Terrible Pets (2010)
Creepy Carrots! (2012)
The Wild Robot (2016)
Website
www.peterbrownstudio.com

Peter Brown is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's picture books. He won a Caldecott Honor in 2013 for his illustration of Creepy Carrots! [1] [2]

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Biography

Brown was raised in Hopewell, New Jersey and studied illustration at Art Center College of Design. After graduating, he moved to New York City in 2002 to be closer to the publishing industry. He was working on animated TV shows when he signed a book deal to write and illustrate his first picture book, Flight of the Dodo. [3]

Brown quickly wrote his second and third books, and his career as an author and illustrator of children’s books was under way. Since then Brown has written and illustrated many books for children and earned numerous honors, including a Caldecott Honor, a Horn Book Award, two E.B. White Awards, two E.B. White Honors, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Award, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award and multiple New York Times bestsellers that include the novels The Wild Robot, The Wild Robot Escapes, and The Wild Robot Protects. [3] An animated film based on The Wild Robot was released in 2024.

Awards and honors

As writer and illustrator

Four of Brown's books are Junior Library Guild books: You Will Be My Friend! (2011), [4] My Teacher Is a Monster! (2014), [5] The Wild Robot (2016), [6] and The Wild Robot Escapes (2018), [7]

Six of Brown's books have landed on the New York Times bestseller list: Children Make Terrible Pets, The Curious Garden, The Wild Robot, [8] Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, You Will Be My Friend!, and The Wild Robot Escapes. The Wild Robot, Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, and My Teacher is a Monster! are also IndieBound bestsellers. The Wild Robot Escapes is also a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. [9]

In 2009, The Curious Garden was named one of the best children's books of the year by Publishers Weekly . [10]

In 2010, The New York Times named Children Make Terrible Pets one of the best illustrated children's books of the year. [11]

In 2014, My Teacher is a Monster! was named one of the best children's books of the year by Publishers Weekly. [12]

In 2016, The Wild Robot was named one of the best children's books of the year by Kirkus Reviews , [8] the New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly, [13] and Shelf Awareness . [14]

In 2019, The Wild Robot Escapes was named one of the best children's books of the year by Amazon, Entertainment Weekly , the New York Public Library, and School Library Journal .

The same year, Booklist included The Wild Robot on their "50 Best Middle-Grade Novels of the 21st Century" list. [15]

Awards for books Brown wrote and illustrated
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2009The Curious Garden Cybils Award for Fiction Picture BookFinalist [16]
NAIBA Books of the Year for Picture BookWinner [17]
2010 ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [18] [19]
Children's Choice Book Award: Illustrator of the YearWinner [20] [21]
E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture BookWinner [22] [23]
2011 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video Winner [24] [25]
Children Make Terrible Pets E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture BookWinner [22] [26]
Irma Black Award Honor [27]
NAIBA Books of the Year for Picture BookWinner [28]
2012You Will Be My Friend! Irma Black Award Winner [27]
Children Make Terrible Pets ALSC Notable Children's VideosSelection [29]
Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video Winner [30] [31]
2013Mr. Tiger Goes Wild ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [32]
Cybils Award for Fiction Picture BookWinner [33] [34]
Wanda Gag Read AloudHonor [35]
2014 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Picture BookWinner [36] [37] [38]
Bull-Bransom AwardWinner [39]
E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture BookHonor [40]
Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration Winner [41] [42] [43] [44]
NAIBA Books of the Year for Picture BookWinner [45]
2016The Wild Robot Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for YouthSelection [46]
Goodreads Choice Award for Best Middle Grade & Children'sNominee [47]
2017 ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [48]
Charlotte Huck Award Honor [49]
2019The Wild Robot EscapesORCA Award for Upper ElementaryWinner [7]
Nene AwardRunner-Up [7]
2021Fred Gets Dressed Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for YouthSelection [50]

As illustrator

Four of the books Brown has illustrated are Junior Library Guild selections: Kaline Klattermaster’s Tree House (2008), [51] Creepy Carrots! (2012), [52] Creepy Pair of Underwear! (2017), [53] and Creepy Crayon! (2022). [54]

Creepy Carrots!, [55] Creepy Pair of Underwear, [56] and Creepy Crayon! [57] are New York Times bestselling books. Creepy Carrots! is also an IndieBound bestseller. [55]

In 2017, Amazon, the Los Angeles Public Library, and Kirkus Reviews named Creepy Pair of Underwear one of the best children's books of the year. [53] [56]

In 2022, Kirkus Reviews named Creepy Crayon! one of the best children's books of the year. [57]

Awards for books Brown illustrated only
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2012 Creepy Carrots! Cybils Award for Fiction Picture BookFinalist [58]
2013 ALSC Notable Children's BooksSelection [59]
Caldecott Medal Honor [55] [60]
Crystal Kite Member Choice Award: MidwestWinner [61]
E.B. White Read Aloud Award for Picture BookHonor [62]
2017Creepy Pair of Underwear! Cybils Award for Fiction Picture BookFinalist [63]

Publications

As writer and illustrator

As illustrator

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