Chris Raschka facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Chris Raschka
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Christopher Raschka
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Occupation | Author, artist and illustrator |
Chris Raschka is an American artist. He writes and illustrates many popular books for children. He is also a talented viola player.
Chris Raschka's Early Life and Education
Chris Raschka was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He grew up near Chicago, Illinois. He also spent some of his childhood in Austria. This is where his mother was from.
He went to St. Olaf College and graduated from there.
Awards and Famous Books by Chris Raschka
Chris Raschka has won many awards for his books. His book Yo! Yes? was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1994. This award is given to very special children's picture books.
He is perhaps most famous for two books that won the top award. His book Hello, Goodbye Window won the 2006 Caldecott Medal. Later, his book A Ball for Daisy won the Caldecott Medal in 2012. The Caldecott Medal is one of the highest honors for children's picture books in the United States.
In 2012, Raschka was chosen as the U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. This is a big international award for children's authors and illustrators.
Raschka also wrote and illustrated Charlie Parker Played Be Bop. This book helps introduce young readers to the famous jazz musician Charlie Parker.
Selected Works by Chris Raschka
Here are some of the books Chris Raschka has written or illustrated:
- Another Important Book (illustrator)
- Arlene Sardine
- A Ball for Daisy
- The Blushful Hippopotamus
- Can't Sleep
- Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
- Circle Time (shorts for Playhouse Disney)
- Daisy Gets Lost
- Elizabeth Imagined an Iceberg
- Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
- Farmy Farm
- Fishing in the Air (illustrator)
- Five for a Little One
- A Foot in the Mouth (illustrator)
- The Genie in the Jar (illustrator)
- Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More (illustrator)
- Granny Torrelli Makes Soup (illustrator)
- Grump Groan Growl (illustrator)
- Happy to Be Nappy (illustrator)
- Home at Last (children's book)|Home at Last (illustrator)
- The Hello, Goodbye Window (illustrator)
- Hip Hop Dog (author)
- John Coltrane's Giant Steps
- A Kick in the Head (illustrator)
- Little Black Crow
- Little Tree (illustrator)
- Moosey Moose
- Mysterious Thelonious
- Peter and the Wolf (adaptor, illustrator)
- A Poke in the I (illustrator)
- The Purple Balloon
- Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake Up Storytime and Get Kids Talking about What They See, by Megan Dowd Lambert, Charlesbridge, 2015.
- Ring! Yo?
- Seriously, Norman
- Side by Side : A Celebration of Dads
- Simple Gifts: A Shaker Hymn
- Talk To Me About the Alphabet
- Whaley Whale
- Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?( illustrator)
- Wormy Worm
- Yo! Yes?
- If You Were a Dog
