Occupation Illustrator, writer Role Writer Name David Small | Genre Children's literature Nationality American Spouse Sarah Stewart | |
Born February 12, 1945 (age 79)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. ( 1945-02-12 ) Notable works The Gardener (1998)
Stitches (2009) Education Yale University (1970–1972), Cass Technical High School, Wayne State University Awards Caldecott Medal, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Nominations National Book Award for Young People's Literature Books Stitches, So You Want to Be President?, One Cool Friend, The Gardener, The Underneath Similar People Sarah Stewart, Judith St George, Toni Buzzeo, Kathi Appelt, Randolph Caldecott | ||
Big think interview with david small
David Small (born February 12, 1945) is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's picture books.
Contents
- Big think interview with david small
- Meet sarah stewart and david small
- Biography
- Stitches
- As writer and illustrator
- As illustrator with Sarah Stewart
- As illustrator with other writers
- References
Meet sarah stewart and david small
Biography
David Small was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began drawing at the age of two years and health problems having kept him home for much of his childhood. He attended Cass Technical High School, wrote plays throughout his teenage years, but at age 21 switched to art. He earned a bachelor of fine arts degree at Wayne State University and a master of fine arts degree at Yale University. Small taught art for many years on the college level, ran a film series, and made satirical sketches for campus newspapers. His first book, which he wrote and illustrated, Eulalie and the Hopping Head, was published in 1981.
Small earned a 1997 Caldecott Honor and The Christopher Medal for The Gardener, with Sarah Stewart, his wife, recipient of the 2007 Michigan Author Award. In 2001 he won the Caldecott Medal for So You Want to Be President?, combining political cartooning with children's book illustration. He received a second Caldecott Honor in 2013 for illustrating Toni Buzzeo's One Cool Friend. Small's drawings have appeared in the New Yorker and the New York Times. On July 15, 2014, he was announced as a finalist for the 2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.
David Small and Sarah Stewart make their home in an historic manor house in Mendon, Michigan.
Stitches
Small's graphic memoir, Stitches, was published in September 2009. It tells the story of Small's journey from sickly child to cancer patient, to troubled teen who ran away from home at sixteen to become an artist. Stitches was reviewed by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. It was a #1 New York Times Best Seller, and was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by Publishers Weekly and Amazon.com. It was also a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Stitches has been translated into seven different languages and published in nine different countries.
As writer and illustrator
As illustrator with Sarah Stewart
Small has illustrated several books written by Sarah Stewart and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG).