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Steven Salerno
Contact Information
- First Name
- Steven
- Last Name
- Salerno
- City
- New York
- State
- NY
- Country
- United States
- personal web address
- http://www.stevensalerno.com
- type of art work
- digital, watercolor, gouache, inks
- Published Works
- Chicken Chuck, The Dirty Little Boy, Little Tumbo, Mathematickles, Bedtime!, Coco the Carrot, Counting Our Way to the 100th Day, Go Go Baby!, The Little Red Hen, Bebe Goes Shopping, 19 Girls and Me, Mrs Wow Never Wanted a Cow, Holly Jolly Christmas, Funny Honey Valentine, Bebe Goes to the Beach, Harry Hungry!, Stampede!, Pantaloon, Brothers At Bat
- phone number
- (212) 477-5798
- Bio
Steven has illustrated 18 picture books to date, including stories of famed authors Margaret Wise Brown (The Dirty Little Boy) and Bill Martin Jr (Chicken Chuck). He's the author/illustrator of 3 of his own stories (Little Tumbo, Coco the Carrot, and Harry Hungry!) Steven graduated from Parson School of Design in NYC, where he studied under celebrated author/illustrator Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are). Steven's illustrated picture books have earned praise from The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Children's Literature and other industry publications. In addition to illustrating picture books, Steven's illustrations and graphics are also seen in magazines, newspapers, advertising, books, product packaging, and retail interior graphics. Clients have included: The New Yorker magazine, The Wall Street Journal, American Express, United Airlines, Businessweek magazine, Gourmet magazine, IBM, Nickelodeon and hundreds more...
Visit his web site (www.stevensalerno.com) to read bio, view more children's picture book samples and to view his other portfolios. In February 2009 his picture book "HARRY HUNGRY!" was released (Harcourt). In 2010 the remake of the 1951 Golden Books picture book classic "PANTALOON" was released by Random, with all new illustrations by Steven. In spring 2012 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will release the picture book, "BROTHERS AT BAT" the true life story about 12 brothers who formed a professional baseball team and played in the 1930's - '50's, illustrated by Steven. He is currently working on a new picture book for Hyperion (Disney). Steven lives and works in New York City.