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Carson Ellis's debut authored picture book.
Author guide
Carson Ellis Books in Order
Carson Ellis is a Canadian-born American author and illustrator known for imaginative picture books that combine distinctive visual worlds with playful, inventive language. Her authored and illustrated books include Home, Du Iz Tak?, and In the Half Room. She has also illustrated books by other writers, including the Wildwood Chronicles, but those works are excluded from this author bibliography because she was not their author.
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Du Iz Tak?
A Caldecott Honor-winning standalone picture book.
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Children's books (3)
- Home
picture-book · 2015
Ellis's study of what makes a home recognizes that there's no one-size-fits-all answer to that question. Ellis whisks readers around the world (and into the realms of the fantastical and strange) as she moves from cozy Russian kitchen to…
- Du Iz Tak?
picture-book · 2016
Du iz tak? What is that? As a tiny shoot unfurls, two damselflies peer at it in wonder. When the plant grows taller and sprouts leaves, some young beetles arrive to gander, and soon—with the help of a pill bug named Icky—they wrangle a…
- In the Half Room
picture-book · 2020
