December Artist of the Month
Art At The Kent Library
Sponsored by The Friends of Kent Librarywith Arts on the LakeExhibition Dates: December 1st-30th
New York Times best-selling author and illustrator Michael Garland’s greatest success has been the writing and illustration of children's picture books. Garland’s Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook won the California and Delaware State Reading Awards. He is the author and illustrator of forty-four children’s picture books and illustrator of more than fifty books by other authors. Recent books include We’re Not Weird and Ferry Boat from Holiday House, Grandma’s Farm from Astra Publishers, and Grandpa’s Tractor from Boyds Mills. His book Grandpa’s Tractor was selected for the Original Art of Children’s Book Show at the Society of Illustrators in NYC while Garland’s Miss Smith and the Haunted Library made the New York Times Best Seller list. Currently, Ferry Boat is on sale at the Museum of Modern Art and his 2021 collaboration The Traveling Camera, Lewis Hine and the Fight to End Child Labor by Alexandra Hinrichs illustrated by Michael Garland is currently on sale at the Getty Museum.
Michael Garland has illustrated for celebrity authors like James Patterson and Gloria Estefan on best selling picture books. Michael Garland’s illustrations for Patterson’s SantaKid were the inspiration for Sak’s Fifth Avenue’s Christmas window display in New York City. Garland’s Christmas Magic has become a season classic and is currently in development as an animated Christmas special.
His work has won many honors and is frequently included in the Society of Illustrators and the Original Art of Children's book show annuals as well in Print, Graphics and Communications Arts magazines. Recently, Michael Garland was included on the list of the top one hundred Irish Americans by Irish American Magazine.
Michael Garland has illustrated cover commissions for Forbes, Fortune, and Newsweek magazines as well as best-selling novels and is frequently asked to speak at schools, literary conferences and festivals across the country.
You can learn more about Michael Garland by visiting his web sites, Facebook, calling or emailing.
Websites:
Phone:
845-878-4347
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Circus Bear
Grandpa's Tractor
