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Claudia Rueda is a Colombian picture book author, New York Times Best Seller illustrator and a 2016 Hans Christian Andersen award nominee. Her books have been published throughout North America, Europe and Asia and have been translated into thirteen different languages. She’s the author of Bunny Slopes (Chronicle), a New York Public Library and Junior Library Guild Selection and the illustrator of Here Comes the Easter Bunny (Dial), a Kirkus Best Book of the year and a Goodreads Choice Award.

Published books

As writer and illustrator:

  • Let's Play in the Forest (Scholastic, 2006).
  • My Little Polar Bear (Scholastic, 2009).
  • No (Groundwood, 2010).
  • Huff & Puff (Abrams, 2012).
  • Is it Big or is it Little? (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2013).
  • Bunny Slopes (Chronicle Books, 2016).

As Illustrator:

  • Here Comes Teacher Cat (Dial Penguin, 2017).
  • Here Comes Valentine Cat (Dial Penguin, 2015).
  • Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat (Dial Penguin, 2015).
  • Here Comes The Easter Cat (Dial Penguin, 2014).
  • Here Comes Santa Cat (Dial Penguin, 2014).
  • Nacho and Lolita (Scholastic, 2005).

Awards

2011 CCBC choice (Univ. Wisconsin), 2009 Oppenheim Platinum Award, 2007 National Parenting Publications Gold Award, 2006 CHILD Magazine Best Children’s Books, Colombian IBBY Honor List

Biographical and critical sources

Periodicals

  • Booklist, October 1, 2005, Jennifer Mattson
  • Review of Nacho and Lolita, p. 66; November 15, 2006, Hazel Rochman
  • Review of Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around, p. 51.
  • Críticas, November 1, 2003, Ann Welton
  • Review of Mientras se enfría el pastel; October 1, 2006, Veronica Covington,
  • Kirkus Reviews, October 1, 2005, review of Nacho and Lolita, p. 1088; October 1, 2006
  • Review of Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around, p. 1023.
  • Publishers Weekly, August 22, 2005, review of Nacho and Lolita, p. 63.
  • School Library Journal, October 2005, Rosalyn Pierini, review of Nacho and Lolita, p. 144; October 2006, Linda *Zeilstra Sawyer, review of Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around, p. 1125.

Interviews

Taller Espantapajaros. [1]

Online Claudia Rueda Home Page, [2] (October 17, 2007).* Open Library. [3] Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango [4]

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Claudia Rueda para niños

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