Beth Krommes facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Beth Krommes
Krommes at the Mazza Museum in 2010
Born	1956 (age 68–69) Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Illustrator
Period	1999–present
Genre	Children's picture books
Notable works	The House in the Night
Notable awards	Caldecott Medal 2009

Beth Krommes (born in 1956) is an American artist who draws amazing pictures for children's books. She is known for her unique style and has won many important awards for her illustrations.

About Beth Krommes

Beth Krommes was born in Pennsylvania in 1956. She loved art and studied painting at Syracuse University. Later, she also learned about art education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Beth started illustrating children's books in 1989. Her beautiful drawings quickly caught attention. In 2001, she won the Golden Kite Award for her work in the book The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish. A few years later, in 2009, she received the prestigious Caldecott Medal for her illustrations in The House in the Night. This award is given to the artist of the most outstanding American picture book for children.

Beth Krommes is married and has two daughters. She lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire.

Books Illustrated by Beth Krommes

Here are some of the wonderful books Beth Krommes has illustrated:

• Grandmother Winter, written by Phyllis Root (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999)
• The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (HM, 2001)
• The Sun in Me: Poems About the Planet (Cambridge: Barefoot Books, 2003), a collection of poems edited by Judith Nicholls
• The Hidden Folk: Stories of Fairies, Dwarves, Selkies and Other Secret Beings, by Lise Lunge-Larsen (HM, 2004)
• Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow, by Joyce Sidman (HM, 2006)
• The House in the Night, by Susan Marie Swanson (HM, 2008)
• Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature, by Joyce Sidman (HM, 2011)
• Blue on Blue, by Dianne White (Beach Lane Books, 2014)
• Before Morning, by Joyce Sidman (HMH, 2016)