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    Steven Kellogg

    Steven Kellogg is an author and illustrator who has contributed 90 books for children. He is best known for writing books about animals, which he credits his grandmother for.

    He was born in Norwalk, Connecticut to Robert E. and Hilma Marie (Johnson) Kellogg, and his love of writing and illustrating earned him a place at the Rhode Island School of Design. From there he won a fellowship to work and study in Florence, Italy for his senior year. Upon returning to the U.S., he attended grad school and taught at American University, and began working on picture books.

    Steven Kellogg is also the vice-president of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization that advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.

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    Essex, NY

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    Kellogg, Steven –

    (Steven Castle Kellogg)

    PERSONAL:

    Born October 26, , in Norwalk, CT; son of Robert E. and Hilma Marie Kellogg; married Helen Hill, ; children: (stepchildren) Pamela, Melanie, Kimberly, Laurie, Kevin, Colin. Education: Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A., ; graduate study at American University.

    ADDRESSES:

    Home—P.O. låda , Essex, NY

    CAREER:

    Author and illustrator of children's books; artist. American University, Washington, DC, instructor in etching, ; has also taught printmaking and painting. Exhibitions: Works exhibited at American Institute of Graphic Arts Book Show, Children's Book Showcase, and at Bologna International Children's Book Fair.

    AWARDS, HONORS:

    Dutch Zilveren Griffel, , for Can I Keep Him?; Christopher Award, , for How the Witch Got Alf; Irma Simonton Black Award, Bank Street College of Education, , for The Mysterious Tadpole; American Book Award finalist, , and Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award, University of Geor

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    Steven Kellogg

    Steven Kellogg was born and raised in Connecticut with his three sisters. Inspired partially by a fascination with picture books, he fell in love with writing, drawing and storytelling at an early age. Kellogg’s particular interest in animal stories was expressed in the creation of stories of his own. He would sit between his sisters with a stack of paper and a pencil rattling off tales, scribbling illustrations to accompany them and then rapidly passing the pictures around. He credits his preschool love of books and his enthusiasm for illustration to his determination to make drawing the center of his future career. He continued drawing throughout his school years and went on to get a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in He majored in illustration and was particularly interested in the few projects he did that were related to the creation of picture books. During his year career, Kellogg has published approximately books and h